The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thijs Koenders finished 1,242nd of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:58:23.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:04 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:44 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 10:50Running 1 6:07v median +1:19
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Block 02 11:50Running 2 6:44v median +1:30
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Block 03 14:18Running 3 7:14v median +1:33
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Block 04 14:01Running 4 7:48v median +2:08
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Block 05 14:38Running 5 8:51v median +3:00
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Block 06 11:11Running 6 8:22v median +2:39
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 8:37v median +2:58
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 7:22v median +2:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.