The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arjan Van De Merwe finished 498th of 575 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:47:00.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:28. The race faded late: the second half went 5:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 7:58, behind 86% 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. 3:48 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 5:07v median +0:19
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:32v median +0:20
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 5:57v median +0:20
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Block 04 15:04Running 4 6:03v median +0:24
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 7:53v median +2:04
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:23v median +0:46
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 6:02v median +0:24
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Block 08 19:22Running 8 8:28v median +3:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.