The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Gent 2025, Wouter Vandevelde crossed the line in 1:23:26: 689th of 1,428 men, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 1:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Gent 2025 and Belgium 2025 were 2:51 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:45v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:21v median −0:16
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:49v median −0:11
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Block 04 9:47Running 4 4:35v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:51v median −0:18
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:37v median +1:39
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 6:31v median +1:35
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Block 08 11:52Running 8 6:50v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.