The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maarten Van Groningen finished 491st of 575 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:45:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:28 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:29 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 9:49Running 1 4:58v median +0:10
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 5:34v median +0:22
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Block 03 12:08Running 3 5:58v median +0:21
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Block 04 14:20Running 4 5:47v median +0:08
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 6:52v median +1:03
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:08v median +0:31
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Block 07 13:45Running 7 5:45v median +0:07
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Block 08 17:13Running 8 5:19v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:16
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.