The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tom Scharfe finished 1,073rd of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:44:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:57. A harder second half: 6:59 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:38v median −0:10
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Block 02 10:00Running 2 5:07v median −0:07
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 6:05v median +0:24
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Block 04 13:57Running 4 6:07v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:29v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:56v median +0:13
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Block 07 13:10Running 7 5:57v median +0:18
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Block 08 21:03Running 8 5:49v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.