The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Philippe Verswijvel finished 974th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:30:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 4:52 better against the middle of the field than before it. 9:22 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:46v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 4:35v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 5:09v median +0:09
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 4:54v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:14v median +0:05
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:21v median −0:37
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 4:20v median −0:36
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Block 08 12:49Running 8 4:49v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.