The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arjan van der Laan finished 700th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:29:22.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:29 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:38 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 5:20v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 5:44v median +0:30
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 6:56v median +1:15
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Block 04 11:32Running 4 6:13v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:23v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:51v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:36v median −0:03
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 4:49v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.