The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan van Aken finished 757th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:24:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent ran fast: the 938 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:26 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:15v median −0:22
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:35v median −0:25
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 4:34v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:56v median −0:13
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:39v median −0:19
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 4:32v median −0:24
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Block 08 14:48Running 8 5:21v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.