The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:43 at Heerenveen 2026 put Matthijs van den Berg 812th of 966 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:27. The race faded late: the second half went 4:31 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 10:29Running 1 5:25v median +0:48
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:18v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 5:22v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 5:21v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:16v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:02v median +0:03
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 5:13v median +0:12
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Block 08 17:06Running 8 5:50v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
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.