The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vanessa Ait Kaci finished 999th of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 2:19:43.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:51, behind 91% of the field.
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 13:55Running 1 8:14v median +2:33
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Block 02 11:36Running 2 8:22v median +2:59
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Block 03 16:40Running 3 8:52v median +3:11
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Block 04 18:32Running 4 9:13v median +3:30
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Block 05 15:57Running 5 9:59v median +4:08
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Block 06 14:35Running 6 11:56v median +6:14
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Block 07 17:05Running 7 10:09v median +4:29
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Block 08 20:40Running 8 12:22v median +6:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.