The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mads Stadum finished 223rd of 490 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:21:14, faster than 55% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 85% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:32 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:22 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 2:11. 1:07 slower than at Copenhagen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:52Running 1 5:20v median +0:50
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:06v median +0:27
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:59v median +0:05
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:03v median +0:09
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 5:06v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:03v median +0:04
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Block 07 7:13Running 7 5:05v median +0:05
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Block 08 10:26Running 8 5:37v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:22
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.