The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xavier Mathijs & Alessandro Blanquart finished 633rd of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:14:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:02 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:44 faster than the average race this season, by 874 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:49v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:18v median −0:23
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:25v median +0:22
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Block 04 8:01Running 4 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:43v median −0:28
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:58v median −0:07
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Block 07 7:59Running 7 4:44v median −0:19
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 4:43v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:04
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1156
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,156 men's teams who finished.