The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeroen Smedema finished 524th of 575 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:52:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:05. 10:33 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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. 21:37 slower than at Heerenveen 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 4:48v median +0:00
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Block 02 11:04Running 2 5:20v median +0:08
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Block 03 14:45Running 3 5:53v median +0:16
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 6:09v median +0:30
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 6:32v median +0:43
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 6:06v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 6:27v median +0:49
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Block 08 18:27Running 8 5:56v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.