The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lex de Ruijter finished 669th of 966 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:31:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:53 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:36 better 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 4:39v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:11v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 4:47v median −0:11
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 4:51v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:31Running 5 5:23v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:33v median −0:28
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Block 08 15:51Running 8 5:19v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.