The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bianca Brandhoff finished 921st of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:59:04.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 13:12. The race faded late: the second half went 18:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 556 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:24Running 1 6:02v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 03 12:28Running 3 5:55v median +0:14
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Block 04 14:29Running 4 5:59v median +0:16
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:04v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:51v median +0:09
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Block 07 23:57Running 7 5:47v median +0:07
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Block 08 19:34Running 8 6:55v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.