The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:47 at Heerenveen 2026 put Niels de Groot 230th of 315 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 52% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:31 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 2:11.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:39v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:35v median −0:01
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:16v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 4:53v median −0:02
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:05v median +0:08
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Block 07 12:40Running 7 4:28v median −0:30
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 5:34v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.