The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:25 at Utrecht 2025 put Olivier Thijssens & Rikus De Lange 45th of 89 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:11 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:44 more than the average race this season, going by 133 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 3:59v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 4:14v median −0:24
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 04 8:14Running 4 4:37v median −0:25
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:40v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:37v median −0:25
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Block 07 9:10Running 7 4:31v median −0:36
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Block 08 9:39Running 8 5:24v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:08
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 89
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 89 men's teams who finished.