The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jens Ursem finished 1,087th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:34:45.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:11 on the median. A harder second half: 2:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:42Running 1 4:35v median −0:15
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 6:56v median +2:19
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 7:25v median +2:25
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 7:40v median +2:42
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 7:49v median +2:40
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 7:38v median +2:40
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Block 07 12:36Running 7 7:45v median +2:49
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 5:48v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.