The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:39 at Gent 2025 put Niels Ijkema & Wilhelmus Klerks 696th of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:49 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:14 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:07Running 1 5:32v median +0:28
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:11v median +0:30
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Block 03 9:16Running 3 5:16v median +0:13
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 5:10v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:21v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 5:00v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:12Running 7 4:37v median −0:26
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Block 08 10:01Running 8 4:44v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.