The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:19 at Heerenveen 2026 put Niels Rijnders 162nd of 490 men in the Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:37 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 973 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:52v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:03v median +0:24
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 5:11v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:18v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:50v median −0:09
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 5:06v median +0:06
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Block 08 10:32Running 8 5:41v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 479
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 479 men who finished.