The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Alexander Sobotta & Nils Lange crossed the line in 1:09:10: 350th of 1,164 men's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:36 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:27Running 1 4:37v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:23v median −0:18
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 4:55v median −0:08
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Block 04 7:45Running 4 5:03v median −0:01
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 5:26v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:24v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 5:04v median +0:01
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Block 08 9:00Running 8 5:06v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.