The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jessie van der Poel finished 483rd of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:32:40, faster than 52% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:55 on the median. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:59 faster at Gent 2025 than at Rotterdam 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:33Running 1 5:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:20v median −0:03
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:28v median −0:15
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:38v median −0:13
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 7:29v median +1:47
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:40v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 5:12v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 994
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 994 women who finished.