The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maartje De Valk & Dirk Van Zwieten finished 452nd of 863 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:21:38.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:52 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:28 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 0:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:15Running 1 6:08v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:35v median +0:22
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Block 03 9:01Running 3 5:42v median +0:11
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 5:51v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:50v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:55v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 6:01v median +0:30
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 5:59v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.