The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthäus Kreutzer finished 417th of 490 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:38:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 37% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:33 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:19 worse 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. That was 12:44 off the time at Stockholm 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:16v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 4:33v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:07v median +0:13
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Block 04 14:50Running 4 5:23v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:35v median +0:28
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:19v median +0:20
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Block 07 12:50Running 7 5:18v median +0:18
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Block 08 17:48Running 8 6:38v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.