The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:13 at Utrecht 2025 put Nienke Rooks & Wesley Van Wijk 645th of 701 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:31 behind the median. 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 11:58Running 1 7:22v median +1:49
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Block 02 11:06Running 2 8:20v median +2:25
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Block 03 12:59Running 3 8:27v median +2:12
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 8:58v median +2:44
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Block 05 13:09Running 5 8:35v median +2:12
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 8:47v median +2:27
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 9:21v median +3:00
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 7:08v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.