The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niek Draaijer finished 999th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:39:52.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:23 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:40 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 11:11Running 1 6:16v median +1:28
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Block 02 10:30Running 2 6:43v median +1:29
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Block 03 12:45Running 3 7:01v median +1:20
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 7:06v median +1:26
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:15v median +1:24
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 7:02v median +1:19
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Block 07 12:59Running 7 6:55v median +1:16
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 5:21v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.