The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:35 at Heerenveen 2026 put Bart De Groot 299th of 966 men in the Open division, ahead of 69% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 79% of the field across all eight, against 52% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:33 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:07 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:47 faster at Heerenveen 2026 than at Rotterdam 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:56Running 1 3:50v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 3:59v median −0:43
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Block 03 7:41Running 3 4:12v median −0:46
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 9:28v median +4:29
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:39v median −0:29
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:28v median −0:31
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 4:31v median −0:30
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 4:54v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 949
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 949 men who finished.