The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wesley van Grinsven finished 896th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:28:18.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:24 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:16 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Gent ran fast: the 938 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:26 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:56v median −0:54
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 6:27v median +1:50
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Block 03 14:05Running 3 9:33v median +4:33
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Block 04 9:06Running 4 4:44v median −0:14
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:01v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:30v median −0:28
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:41v median −0:15
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Block 08 16:28Running 8 9:45v median +4:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.