The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alain Baelen & Julien Istace finished 931st of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:21:59.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:48. A harder second half: 2:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 8:01 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 5:48v median +0:44
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:24v median +0:43
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:52v median +0:48
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 6:00v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:49v median +0:44
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 6:04v median +1:01
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Block 08 9:57Running 8 5:34v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1156
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,156 men's teams who finished.