The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:30 at Utrecht 2025 put rik geers & Irene Geers 120th of 381 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 69% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:34 on the median. A harder second half: 2:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Utrecht cost the whole field time: about 1:15 more than the average race this season, going by 551 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:07Running 1 4:51v median −0:36
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:13v median −0:39
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Block 03 8:39Running 3 5:35v median −0:40
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 5:44v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 6:03v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 5:56v median −0:23
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:06v median −0:14
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Block 08 9:36Running 8 4:39v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 377
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 377 mixed teams who finished.