The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eric De Meulenaere finished 1,251st of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:43:46.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 9:40. The race faded late: the second half went 9:26 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 10:07Running 1 5:15v median +0:25
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:07v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 4:53v median −0:07
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 5:00v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:14v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:18v median +0:20
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Block 07 13:55Running 7 5:13v median +0:17
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Block 08 22:08Running 8 5:30v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:24
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.