The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bente Kerkhof finished 331st of 427 women in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:47:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:52. A harder second half: 1:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 1:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:49Running 1 5:28v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:42Running 2 5:51v median +0:18
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 6:15v median +0:31
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Block 04 14:30Running 4 5:47v median +0:01
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 6:20v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 5:56v median +0:08
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 6:07v median +0:18
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Block 08 16:24Running 8 6:53v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:04
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 421
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 421 women who finished.