The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthijs van Eijle & Marleen Adriaans-Vos finished 357th of 381 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Utrecht 2025, in 1:46:44.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 8:29, behind 93% 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 11:26Running 1 6:53v median +1:26
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 7:39v median +1:47
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 8:12v median +1:57
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 9:08v median +2:51
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Block 05 14:02Running 5 9:12v median +2:48
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Block 06 11:30Running 6 9:15v median +2:56
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 9:37v median +3:17
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 7:39v median +2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:29
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.