The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthias Stevens finished 1,133rd of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:36:41.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:23 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:48Running 1 5:19v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:54v median +1:17
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Block 03 12:27Running 3 6:34v median +1:34
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 6:23v median +1:25
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:26v median +1:17
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:53v median +0:55
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 5:59v median +1:03
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Block 08 14:00Running 8 6:19v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.