The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gert-Jan Verbeek finished 1,259th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 2:00:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht ran slow: the 1,123 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:39 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:18Running 1 5:13v median +0:25
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Block 02 10:54Running 2 5:44v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:07v median +0:26
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Block 04 20:17Running 4 6:04v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:12v median +0:21
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 6:20v median +0:37
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Block 07 14:26Running 7 6:12v median +0:33
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Block 08 22:23Running 8 5:27v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:39
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.