The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:19 at Utrecht 2025 put Ronald van Bommel 873rd of 1,337 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:24. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:51 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39. 6:56 slower than at Heerenveen 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 5:06v median +0:18
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Block 02 10:13Running 2 5:14v median +0:00
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 5:30v median −0:11
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 5:30v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:39v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:35v median −0:08
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Block 07 13:02Running 7 5:30v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 4:27v median −0:26
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.