The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:45 at Heerenveen 2026 put Melvin Tang 413th of 454 men in the Pro division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:31. The race faded late: the second half went 4:15 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:13 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 242 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:23 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:00Running 1 4:31v median +0:30
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 5:03v median +0:53
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Block 03 12:19Running 3 5:27v median +1:02
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 5:43v median +1:17
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:40v median +1:06
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Block 06 8:31Running 6 5:16v median +0:52
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Block 07 8:36Running 7 5:21v median +0:52
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Block 08 19:24Running 8 6:56v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:13
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 447
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 447 men who finished.