The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Gent 2025, Thomas Baquet crossed the line in 1:20:43: 575th of 1,428 men, faster than 60% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:25 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:23 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:25v median +0:35
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:00v median +0:23
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 5:28v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:21v median +0:23
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:31v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:13v median +0:15
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Block 07 8:44Running 7 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 6:03v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.