The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jesley Pieternella finished 1,425th of 1,428 men in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 2:26:04.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 11:45. The race faded late: the second half went 8:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:00 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 10:56Running 1 5:46v median +0:56
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Block 02 9:56Running 2 6:32v median +1:55
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Block 03 15:35Running 3 7:27v median +2:27
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Block 04 23:49Running 4 7:38v median +2:40
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Block 05 15:31Running 5 9:02v median +3:53
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 7:49v median +2:51
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Block 07 15:19Running 7 8:01v median +3:05
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Block 08 29:37Running 8 10:54v median +5:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:00
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.