The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:58 at Heerenveen 2026 put Richard Veltkamp 700th of 966 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 69% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:18. The race faded late: the second half went 3:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 7:07 faster at Heerenveen 2026 than at Utrecht 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:17v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:10v median −0:32
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Block 03 9:07Running 3 4:33v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 4:41v median −0:18
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:39v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:23v median −0:38
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 5:26v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:26
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.