The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:28 at Gent 2025 put Vanity Willemsen 876th of 1,009 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 29% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent ran fast: the 556 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:32 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:16Running 1 6:18v median +0:37
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 6:27v median +1:04
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Block 03 13:23Running 3 7:24v median +1:43
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Block 04 15:36Running 4 7:42v median +1:59
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 7:47v median +1:56
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 7:31v median +1:49
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Block 07 14:09Running 7 7:41v median +2:01
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Block 08 15:23Running 8 8:28v median +2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.