The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gert-Jan Verbrugge finished 402nd of 575 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:37:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:30. A harder second half: 4:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,123 athletes who raced both. 6:07 slower than at Belgium 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:07Running 1 4:48v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:55Running 2 5:06v median −0:06
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Block 03 12:06Running 3 6:52v median +1:15
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:19v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:29v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:21v median −0:16
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 5:24v median −0:14
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Block 08 19:25Running 8 4:29v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
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.