The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ward Strootman finished 891st of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:28:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 62% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:55 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:41Running 1 4:38v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:16v median −0:21
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:08v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 4:43v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 4:54v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:45v median −0:13
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:02v median +0:06
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Block 08 17:48Running 8 4:55v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.