The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:04 at Utrecht 2025 put Wijnand Veelenturf 568th of 1,337 men in the Open division, ahead of 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 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 9:20Running 1 4:43v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 4:57v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 5:07v median −0:34
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:08v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:29v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:16v median −0:27
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:01v median −0:38
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 4:20v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.