The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mitchell Van der gaag finished 870th of 966 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:48:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:43. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:37v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 5:04v median +0:22
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Block 03 12:56Running 3 5:33v median +0:35
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Block 04 14:04Running 4 5:32v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 5:40v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 5:39v median +0:40
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 5:14v median +0:13
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Block 08 19:07Running 8 6:35v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:49
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.