The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bastiaan Sotomayor finished 1,209th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:40:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:20 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both. That was 15:16 off the time at Malaga 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:27v median −0:23
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Block 02 10:23Running 2 7:09v median +2:32
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Block 03 13:29Running 3 7:23v median +2:23
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Block 04 10:20Running 4 5:01v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:57Running 5 7:55v median +2:46
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Block 06 11:03Running 6 7:51v median +2:53
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:44v median +0:48
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 6:02v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.