The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Giel Bakker finished 852nd of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:33:54.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:28 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. 6:21 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:37v median −0:11
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 4:56v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 5:37v median −0:04
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 5:30v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:54v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 5:43v median +0:00
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 5:52v median +0:13
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 5:24v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:00
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.