The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:45 at Heerenveen 2026 put Ruud Hovenkamp 333rd of 966 men in the Open division, ahead of 66% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 75% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 51% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:16. The race faded late: the second half went 1:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:53Running 1 4:10v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:11v median −0:31
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 4:15v median −0:43
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 4:19v median −0:40
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:31v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:28Running 6 4:34v median −0:25
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Block 07 8:37Running 7 4:28v median −0:33
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 5:16v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.