The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rika van der Werf finished 172nd of 205 women in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:45:02.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:23 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:00 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 12:21Running 1 6:56v median +1:51
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 6:45v median +1:21
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 6:57v median +1:22
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Block 04 14:33Running 4 6:51v median +1:12
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 6:51v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 6:37v median +0:59
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Block 07 12:46Running 7 6:39v median +1:01
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Block 08 14:57Running 8 7:32v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 203
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 203 women who finished.