The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Roel Brys finished 1,346th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:52:20.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:58. A harder second half: 2:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:41 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Gent ran fast: the 938 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:26 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:26Running 1 5:09v median +0:19
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Block 02 11:01Running 2 5:28v median +0:51
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Block 03 13:34Running 3 5:57v median +0:57
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Block 04 15:02Running 4 5:45v median +0:47
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:57v median +0:48
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 5:40v median +0:42
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Block 07 15:43Running 7 5:51v median +0:55
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Block 08 17:27Running 8 6:44v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:41
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.