The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Gent 2025, Milan Avoux crossed the line in 1:18:33: 463rd of 1,428 men, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 89% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:20 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:19v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:43v median +0:06
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:48v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 4:50v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:26Running 5 5:01v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:57v median +1:59
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 4:58v median +0:02
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Block 08 11:05Running 8 5:06v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.