The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ferry Van den Berg finished 639th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:27:37, faster than 52% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:09 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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. That was 7:58 off the time at Heerenveen 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 4:19v median −0:29
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:18v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:27v median −0:14
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:35v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:45v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:49v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:43v median +0:04
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Block 08 13:14Running 8 6:38v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.