The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Marc Pesman & Emile van Beek crossed the line in 1:06:55: 245th of 1,164 men's teams, faster than 79% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:00, ahead of 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:35Running 1 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 02 5:40Running 2 4:01v median −0:40
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Block 03 7:33Running 3 4:15v median −0:48
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Block 04 7:47Running 4 4:16v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:55Running 5 4:36v median −0:35
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:20v median −0:45
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Block 07 7:55Running 7 4:22v median −0:41
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 4:38v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
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.