The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Van Hecke finished 1,407th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 2:08:07.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 14:29. A harder second half: 15:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:29 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 10:32Running 1 6:01v median +1:11
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 6:49v median +2:12
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 7:32v median +2:32
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Block 04 16:32Running 4 6:00v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 6:39v median +1:30
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:12v median +1:14
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Block 07 17:00Running 7 6:30v median +1:34
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Block 08 29:34Running 8 8:07v median +2:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.