The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wesley Essink finished 345th of 490 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:30:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:45.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 973 athletes who raced both. That was 3:12 off the time at Valencia 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 5:32v median +1:02
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 4:21v median −0:18
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 04 11:39Running 4 5:26v median +0:32
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:04v median −0:03
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 4:52v median −0:07
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 4:48v median −0:12
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Block 08 16:13Running 8 5:51v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.