The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:48 at Gent 2025 put Roberto Giovanni Van Valkenburg & Sabine Bikker 269th of 863 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 69% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:26 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:51Running 1 5:24v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:34v median −0:39
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 4:56v median −0:35
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 4:51v median −0:41
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:54v median −0:44
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 4:52v median −0:40
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Block 07 8:33Running 7 4:51v median −0:40
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Block 08 9:49Running 8 4:55v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 856
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 856 mixed teams who finished.