The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick van der Veen finished 818th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:32:55.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 34% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:24 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,123 athletes who raced both. 13:57 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:33v median −0:15
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 4:59v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 5:18v median −0:23
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 5:11v median −0:29
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:36v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:36v median −0:07
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Block 07 15:14Running 7 6:42v median +1:03
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Block 08 12:19Running 8 5:22v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.