The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Utrecht 2025, Steve Van eeden crossed the line in 1:17:08: 246th of 1,337 men, faster than 82% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 89% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 66% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:55 on the median. A harder second half: 1:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht ran slow: the 1,123 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:57v median −0:51
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 4:30v median −0:44
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:51v median −0:50
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:55v median −0:45
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:56v median −0:55
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 4:54v median −0:49
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:50v median −0:49
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Block 08 11:10Running 8 3:45v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1291
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,291 men who finished.