The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:11 at Gent 2025 put Willeke Giessen 720th of 1,009 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:51 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse 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 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:41Running 1 6:29v median +0:48
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 6:11v median +0:48
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Block 03 12:25Running 3 6:23v median +0:42
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 6:23v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:37v median +0:46
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Block 06 10:27Running 6 8:15v median +2:33
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Block 07 12:12Running 7 6:26v median +0:46
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 6:44v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:12
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.