The race, in three figures
The race, in words
joop Strous finished 1,342nd of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:51:51.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:56 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:53 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:35 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 10:16Running 1 5:03v median +0:13
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 6:46v median +2:09
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 6:56v median +1:56
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 6:49v median +1:51
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Block 05 12:19Running 5 7:22v median +2:13
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Block 06 10:27Running 6 7:16v median +2:18
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 7:16v median +2:20
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Block 08 21:22Running 8 7:28v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.