The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:30 at Utrecht 2025 put Lieke van Bussel & Margot Pauwels 172nd of 294 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 7:31 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Utrecht gave the field time back: about 1:06 faster than the average race this season, by 668 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 6:21v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 6:50v median +0:29
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 6:52v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 6:55v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:51v median +0:00
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:24v median +0:32
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:55v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 7:41v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 291
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 291 women's teams who finished.