The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:57 at Utrecht 2025 put Marijn Van Ark 403rd of 1,337 men in the Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:22 on the median. A harder second half: 1:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:57 faster at Utrecht 2025 than at Rotterdam 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:34Running 1 4:19v median −0:29
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 4:33v median −0:41
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 4:49v median −0:52
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 4:43v median −0:57
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:10v median −0:41
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:08v median −0:35
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Block 07 8:51Running 7 5:05v median −0:34
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 4:17v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:51
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.