The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Linda Valk & Sander Valk finished 223rd of 381 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:27:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:04. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:11Running 1 5:33v median +0:06
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:04v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:26v median +0:11
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 6:07v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:27v median +0:03
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:25v median +0:06
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 6:33v median +0:13
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 4:54v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
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.