The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jelle Blekxtoon finished 970th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:30:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:01 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 10:07Running 1 5:27v median +0:37
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 5:16v median +0:39
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:48v median +0:48
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:36v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:43v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:41v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 5:45v median +0:49
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 6:14v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.