The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Maxime Distexhe & Nicola Giambusso crossed the line in 1:08:57: 336th of 1,164 men's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 99% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:44 faster than the average race this season, by 874 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 4:24v median −0:40
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Block 02 6:13Running 2 4:48v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 04 7:42Running 4 5:24v median +0:20
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 5:31v median +0:20
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 5:21v median +0:16
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Block 07 7:48Running 7 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 5:21v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.