The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rens Spijkers & Marcel Joling finished 374th of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:20:12.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:54. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 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 0:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:47v median +1:10
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 5:45v median +1:05
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Block 03 7:47Running 3 5:45v median +0:49
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 5:43v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:27Running 5 6:00v median +0:50
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:52v median +0:51
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:53v median +0:50
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 6:15v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 490
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 490 men's teams who finished.