The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Meeder & Mats van der Ree finished 225th of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:06:32, faster than 81% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 53% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:17 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent ran fast: the 874 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:34v median −0:30
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Block 02 5:47Running 2 4:02v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 4:32v median −0:31
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 4:20v median −0:44
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Block 05 8:34Running 5 4:21v median −0:50
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:18v median −0:47
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Block 07 7:26Running 7 4:18v median −0:45
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Block 08 8:31Running 8 4:14v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1156
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,156 men's teams who finished.