The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frédéric Fernandez finished 1,341st of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:51:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:22. A harder second half: 10:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:50 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 10:48Running 1 6:18v median +1:28
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Block 02 9:52Running 2 5:47v median +1:10
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 5:55v median +0:55
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Block 04 12:55Running 4 6:28v median +1:30
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:47v median +1:38
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Block 06 11:03Running 6 6:59v median +2:01
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Block 07 14:31Running 7 7:15v median +2:19
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Block 08 17:38Running 8 8:58v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.