The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:16 at Gent 2025 put Merijn Goumans 1,352nd of 1,428 men in the Open division.
On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:47. Stronger after halfway: 2:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. 11:10 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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. That was 5:55 off the time at Copenhagen 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:16Running 1 6:44v median +1:54
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 6:23v median +1:46
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Block 03 15:17Running 3 6:32v median +1:32
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 6:31v median +1:33
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Block 05 12:50Running 5 6:23v median +1:14
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 6:29v median +1:31
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 5:59v median +1:03
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Block 08 16:56Running 8 6:45v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:10
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.