The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elisa Murken finished 823rd of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:48:59.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:51, behind 95% of the field.
Gent gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 556 athletes who raced both. 4:00 slower than at Hamburg 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:21Running 1 6:34v median +0:53
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 6:40v median +1:17
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Block 03 12:33Running 3 6:40v median +0:59
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Block 04 14:52Running 4 6:43v median +1:00
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:51v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:50v median +1:08
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 7:05v median +1:25
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 7:47v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:51
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.