The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:26 at Utrecht 2025 put Alain Gossens 630th of 1,337 men in the Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:44 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:32 better 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. Alain Gossens's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:46Running 1 4:52v median +0:04
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 5:16v median +0:02
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 5:52v median +0:11
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 5:40v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 6:11v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:50v median +0:07
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 5:33v median −0:06
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 6:16v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.