The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:38 at Gent 2025 put Bret Eijkelboom & Brandon Herssenberg 694th of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:18 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent ran fast: the 874 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:58v median −0:06
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 4:14v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 4:47v median −0:16
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Block 04 8:55Running 4 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:14v median +0:03
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 4:56v median −0:09
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 5:01v median −0:02
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Block 08 11:23Running 8 5:37v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.