The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Mohamed Akalai & Laurent Fryczka crossed the line in 1:12:15: 524th of 1,164 men's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:59 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 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 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:47v median −0:17
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 5:06v median +0:25
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:15v median +0:12
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Block 04 7:26Running 4 5:14v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 5:21v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:23v median +0:18
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:27v median +0:24
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:20v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.