The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simon vanwymeersch finished 1,128th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:36:24.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:05. The race faded late: the second half went 1:38 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 10:50Running 1 6:03v median +1:13
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:57v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:43v median +0:43
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Block 04 12:49Running 4 5:54v median +0:56
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 5:45v median +0:36
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:49v median +0:51
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 6:01v median +1:05
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 6:18v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.