The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:34 at Gent 2025 put Matthias De Vusser & Giovanni Helsens 483rd of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 59% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 83% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:53 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:07 better against the middle of the field 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 9:04Running 1 5:18v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:13Running 2 4:40v median −0:01
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 5:08v median +0:05
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 5:15v median +0:11
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:20v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 5:10v median +0:05
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 5:11v median +0:08
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Block 08 8:57Running 8 5:22v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.