The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:56 at Gent 2025 put Mathijs Zijlstra 1,009th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:38 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:01 slower than the median.
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 9:14Running 1 4:29v median −0:21
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 6:13v median +1:36
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Block 03 11:52Running 3 6:31v median +1:31
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 6:35v median +1:37
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Block 05 14:01Running 5 8:54v median +3:45
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:35v median +1:37
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 4:30v median −0:26
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 4:48v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.