The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Koen Van Prooijen finished 322nd of 575 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:30:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:28 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:08 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 8:58Running 1 4:25v median −0:23
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 4:54v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 5:10v median −0:27
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Block 04 12:39Running 4 5:27v median −0:12
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Block 05 12:14Running 5 6:50v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 5:33v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 4:58v median −0:40
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 4:32v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.