The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thiemo Theunissen finished 950th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:29:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:06. The race faded late: the second half went 2:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:00Running 1 4:31v median −0:19
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:30v median −0:07
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 5:08v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:44v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:07v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:02v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 4:56v median +0:00
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Block 08 15:43Running 8 5:39v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.