The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Nathanya van Krimpen & Winnie Waller crossed the line in 1:23:04: 325th of 882 women's teams, faster than 63% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 52% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:57 faster than the average race this season, by 536 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:39Running 1 5:49v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:12v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:15v median −0:42
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Block 04 8:44Running 4 5:23v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:29v median −0:40
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 7:14v median +1:09
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 5:35v median −0:29
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 8:12v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:59
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 869
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 869 women's teams who finished.