The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:42 at Utrecht 2025 put Niek Metze 475th of 575 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:19. The race faded late: the second half went 4:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:24, behind 90% of the field.
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 9:31Running 1 5:06v median +0:18
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 5:42v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 6:12v median +0:35
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Block 04 13:22Running 4 6:10v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:36Running 5 6:38v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:58Running 6 6:12v median +0:35
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Block 07 13:03Running 7 6:22v median +0:44
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Block 08 17:28Running 8 7:43v median +2:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.