The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:31 at Gent 2025 put Bernard Smals & Linda Smals 516th of 863 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:01Running 1 5:22v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 4:54v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:01v median −0:30
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Block 04 9:38Running 4 4:53v median −0:39
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:49v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:28v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 5:06v median −0:25
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Block 08 11:56Running 8 4:52v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.