The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:57 at Heerenveen 2026 put Joey Balk 289th of 490 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:05 on the median. A harder second half: 1:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:53Running 1 5:20v median +0:50
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:01v median +0:22
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 5:18v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 5:28v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:26v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:37v median +0:38
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 5:30v median +0:30
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 5:53v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
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.