The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:08:31 at Heerenveen 2026 put Merel de Vries 407th of 427 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 17:08, behind 97% of the field.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 1:42 faster than the average race this season, by 532 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:03Running 1 5:50v median +0:29
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Block 02 10:10Running 2 7:03v median +1:30
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 7:50v median +2:06
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Block 04 19:29Running 4 7:00v median +1:14
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Block 05 13:08Running 5 7:47v median +1:50
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Block 06 10:22Running 6 7:42v median +1:54
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Block 07 12:58Running 7 8:14v median +2:25
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Block 08 21:08Running 8 9:27v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:08
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.