The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Florence Géron & Yannick Rousseau crossed the line in 1:20:42: 420th of 863 mixed teams, faster than 51% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:42 on the median. A harder second half: 1:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:42 faster than the average race this season, by 592 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:54v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:24v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 5:43v median +0:12
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:44v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:06v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 6:01v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:37v median +0:06
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Block 08 10:39Running 8 5:59v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 856
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 856 mixed teams who finished.