The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Spermon finished 1,208th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:53:58.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:25. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Utrecht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:19Running 1 6:17v median +1:29
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Block 02 13:09Running 2 8:58v median +3:44
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Block 03 13:57Running 3 6:51v median +1:10
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 7:00v median +1:20
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Block 05 12:57Running 5 7:12v median +1:21
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Block 06 9:32Running 6 7:15v median +1:32
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Block 07 15:37Running 7 7:04v median +1:25
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Block 08 14:35Running 8 5:43v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.