The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:44 at Utrecht 2025 put Mats Van Der Sluijs 1,015th of 1,337 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:26 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39. 1:36 slower than at Heerenveen 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:21v median +0:33
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Block 02 9:52Running 2 6:00v median +0:46
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Block 03 12:26Running 3 6:27v median +0:46
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Block 04 13:35Running 4 6:35v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:49v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:19Running 6 6:51v median +1:08
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 7:13v median +1:34
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 8:12v median +3:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
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.