The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:39 at Utrecht 2025 put Nick Welters & Marieke Welters-Huijskes 247th of 381 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:06 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Utrecht ran slow: the 551 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:15 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:28Running 1 6:19v median +0:52
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Block 02 9:39Running 2 6:39v median +0:47
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Block 03 10:29Running 3 7:09v median +0:54
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 7:10v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 7:26v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 7:17v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 7:24v median +1:04
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Block 08 9:22Running 8 4:55v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:10
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.