The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Verhaar finished 694th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:29:15.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:43 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39. That was 1:11 off the time at Amsterdam 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:04v median +0:16
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:00v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:06v median −0:35
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 5:15v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:38v median −0:13
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 5:38v median −0:05
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 5:32v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 4:35v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:12
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.