The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:41 at Utrecht 2025 put Robin Messing 845th of 1,337 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:28. Stronger after halfway: 3:47 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Utrecht ran slow: the 1,123 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 4:03v median −0:45
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 4:40v median −0:34
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 04 13:29Running 4 5:18v median −0:22
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:09v median −0:42
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:09v median −0:34
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:04v median −0:35
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 4:13v median −0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.