The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eric van der Aa finished 656th of 966 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:30:57.
The runs carried this race: faster than 51% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:14. The race faded late: the second half went 3:37 worse 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Eric van der Aa.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:13Running 1 4:52v median +0:15
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:46v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 4:54v median −0:04
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 4:48v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 4:58v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:50v median −0:09
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 4:53v median −0:08
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 6:08v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.