The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Giel van Oers finished 426th of 490 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:39:33.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:33 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:05 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 5:15v median +0:45
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:25v median +0:46
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Block 03 9:50Running 3 5:39v median +0:45
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:47v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:07Running 5 6:11v median +1:04
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:08v median +1:09
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 6:23v median +1:23
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Block 08 16:29Running 8 7:19v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:33
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.