The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Kugel finished 548th of 966 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:26:51.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:11. The race faded late: the second half went 1:35 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 9:30Running 1 4:53v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:47v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:07v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 5:04v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:26v median +0:18
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:54v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:17Running 8 5:45v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.