The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stefan Nillesen & Piet Baars finished 974th of 1,164 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:23:25.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:54. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:17 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
Gent ran fast: the 874 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:40v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:58v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 04 9:18Running 4 5:35v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:42v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:31v median +0:26
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 5:26v median +0:23
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 5:29v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.