The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thalita Balkema finished 613th of 608 women in the Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 3:53:57.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 23:43. The race faded late: the second half went 5:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:31 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 532 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:42 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 19:50Running 1 11:20v median +6:04
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Block 02 26:20Running 2 11:08v median +5:39
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Block 03 21:33Running 3 10:26v median +4:44
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Block 04 37:58Running 4 9:57v median +4:12
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Block 05 18:42Running 5 11:08v median +5:13
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Block 06 17:02Running 6 11:44v median +5:59
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Block 07 39:56Running 7 11:09v median +5:23
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Block 08 36:12Running 8 15:07v median +8:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 595
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 595 women who finished.