The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gertjan Hessels & Hedwig Hessels finished 219th of 381 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:26:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:44 behind the median. 7:42 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:26Running 1 5:09v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:25v median −0:27
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 6:17v median +0:02
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 5:52v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:02v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 6:04v median −0:15
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Block 07 10:12Running 7 5:49v median −0:31
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 6:31v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.