The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gerben Koop finished 1,064th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:43:40.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 10% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:39 more than the average race this season, going by 1,123 athletes who raced both. That was 12:06 off the time at Hamburg 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:31v median −0:17
-
Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:05v median −0:09
-
Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:14v median −0:27
-
Block 04 15:15Running 4 5:31v median −0:09
-
Block 05 12:43Running 5 6:30v median +0:39
-
Block 06 10:29Running 6 7:36v median +1:53
-
Block 07 14:57Running 7 5:58v median +0:19
-
Block 08 13:55Running 8 5:00v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.