The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick van Manen finished in the top 10% of the field at Utrecht 2025, in 1:11:11 for 40th of 575 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:24 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:12, ahead of 88% of the field.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39. 0:17 slower than at Heerenveen 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:55Running 1 3:50v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:22v median −0:50
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:33v median −1:04
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 4:36v median −1:03
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Block 05 9:13Running 5 4:53v median −0:56
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:43v median −0:54
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 4:39v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:43Running 8 3:36v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.