The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Meike Hiemstra & Nina van Halen crossed the line in 1:25:28: 384th of 882 women's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:47 on the median. A harder second half: 1:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:50Running 1 6:07v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:54v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 6:04v median +0:07
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:53v median −0:08
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Block 05 13:09Running 5 8:06v median +1:57
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:17v median +0:12
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:51v median −0:13
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 5:52v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:56
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.