The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Virginie Vercruysse finished 555th of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:35:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:26 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 556 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:13Running 1 5:07v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:26Running 2 4:47v median −0:36
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Block 03 12:05Running 3 5:16v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:12v median −0:31
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:44v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:27v median −0:15
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:36v median −0:04
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Block 08 16:09Running 8 6:04v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
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.