The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Nijland finished 1,328th of 1,337 men in the Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 2:21:45.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 21:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:08 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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. That was 8:13 off the time at Heerenveen 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:10Running 1 6:04v median +1:16
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 6:33v median +1:19
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Block 03 14:18Running 3 7:37v median +1:56
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Block 04 17:36Running 4 8:07v median +2:27
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Block 05 16:53Running 5 11:33v median +5:42
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Block 06 13:18Running 6 10:56v median +5:13
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Block 07 18:22Running 7 8:35v median +2:56
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Block 08 29:32Running 8 11:49v median +6:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.