The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:31 at Gent 2025 put Jochem Van Mispelaar 1,210th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:04 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:09 better 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 10:35Running 1 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 02 10:13Running 2 7:49v median +3:12
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Block 03 12:34Running 3 7:57v median +2:57
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 7:57v median +2:59
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:58v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:43Running 6 7:39v median +2:41
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 5:46v median +0:50
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Block 08 13:51Running 8 6:39v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
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.