The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Henri Declercq finished 867th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:27:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:16. A harder second half: 4:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 4:12v median −0:38
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 4:14v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 4:55v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 5:05v median +0:07
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:55v median −0:14
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:21v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 5:39v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.