The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:16:30 at Gent 2025 put Nicolas Pagniez 1,416th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 5:48. The race faded late: the second half went 7:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:11 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 11:32Running 1 6:27v median +1:37
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 6:21v median +1:44
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Block 03 16:01Running 3 7:40v median +2:40
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Block 04 19:38Running 4 8:26v median +3:28
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Block 05 15:20Running 5 9:34v median +4:25
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Block 06 9:34Running 6 7:26v median +2:28
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Block 07 18:07Running 7 7:40v median +2:44
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Block 08 21:51Running 8 9:12v median +3:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:11
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.