The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:13 at Heerenveen 2026 put Melvin Faber & Leon Anton Van Dillen 398th of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:30 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
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 9:03Running 1 5:04v median +0:27
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 5:12v median +0:32
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 5:49v median +0:53
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Block 04 9:27Running 4 6:01v median +1:02
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 6:03v median +0:53
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:54v median +0:53
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Block 07 9:21Running 7 6:04v median +1:01
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 6:39v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:30
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.