The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tessy Ciesielski finished 1,013th of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 2:49:29.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 17:06 behind the median. A harder second half: 20:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:25 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:00Running 1 7:09v median +1:28
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 7:47v median +2:24
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Block 03 18:20Running 3 9:02v median +3:21
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Block 04 26:36Running 4 9:05v median +3:22
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Block 05 15:36Running 5 9:35v median +3:44
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Block 06 11:48Running 6 8:48v median +3:06
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Block 07 31:22Running 7 9:18v median +3:38
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Block 08 29:43Running 8 10:42v median +4:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:25
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.