The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martin van der Meer & Frida Van Der Meer finished 469th of 701 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:29:27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:05. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:50 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Utrecht ran slow: the 551 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:15 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 6:01v median +0:28
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 6:22v median +0:27
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 6:33v median +0:18
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 6:29v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:42v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:35v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:16Running 7 6:16v median −0:05
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 4:54v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.