The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nighel Brinkman finished 369th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:20:47, faster than 72% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 84% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 51% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:29. The race faded late: the second half went 1:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,123 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:53Running 1 4:13v median −0:35
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 4:38v median −0:36
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:00v median −0:41
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:00v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:39v median −1:12
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 4:37v median −1:06
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 4:31v median −1:08
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 5:04v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
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.