The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:02 at Gent 2025 put Estéban Roulez 1,215th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04. A harder second half: 5:06 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 5:49v median +0:59
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:17v median +0:40
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Block 03 13:22Running 3 6:47v median +1:47
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 5:40v median +0:42
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:57v median +1:48
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 5:42v median +0:44
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Block 07 12:51Running 7 5:53v median +0:57
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Block 08 14:53Running 8 8:49v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.