The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sjoerd van de Pol finished 735th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:30:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 1:30. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field 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 4:26 off the time at Rotterdam 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:39v median −0:09
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 5:16v median +0:02
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:40v median −0:01
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 5:31v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:34v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:32v median −0:11
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 5:35v median −0:04
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 4:34v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.