The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Van Drongelen finished 1,199th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:39:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:58. The race faded late: the second half went 7:15 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 8:35Running 1 4:23v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:33v median −0:04
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Block 03 12:13Running 3 5:23v median +0:23
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 5:14v median +0:16
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:51v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 5:29v median +0:31
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 5:19v median +0:23
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Block 08 19:25Running 8 7:29v median +2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.