The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Utrecht 2025, Mees Buytenhuijs crossed the line in 1:27:48: 642nd of 1,337 men, faster than 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:57 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:04Running 1 5:00v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:33v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 6:11v median +0:30
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 6:52v median +1:12
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 7:17v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:55v median +1:12
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 6:52v median +1:13
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 7:42v median +2:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.