The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:13 at Heerenveen 2026 put Kees Talman 168th of 315 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 62% of the field across all eight, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:58 on the median. A harder second half: 4:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:25Running 1 3:53v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:15v median −0:21
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 5:08v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:49v median +1:45
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:23v median +0:26
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 5:10v median +0:12
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 5:33v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 309
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 309 men who finished.