The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Utrecht 2025, Paul Ruijs crossed the line in 1:17:41: 257th of 1,337 men, faster than 81% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 66% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:09 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:12, was faster than 90% 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. Paul Ruijs's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:38v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 5:00v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 5:28v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 5:26v median −0:25
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:25v median −0:18
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Block 07 10:33Running 7 5:32v median −0:07
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Block 08 9:37Running 8 4:29v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:12
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.