The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Bekkering & Tirza Bomers finished 453rd of 701 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:28:24.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:32 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:15 more than the average race this season, going by 551 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 4:09v median −1:24
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 5:44v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 6:39v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 6:04v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:40v median +0:17
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:38v median +0:18
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 6:37v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 7:41v median +2:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 688
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 688 mixed teams who finished.