The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jens Niessen & Sander Swinkels finished 421st of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:24:49.
The stations carried this race: faster than 44% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 802 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 5:34v median +0:57
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:56v median +1:16
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 6:20v median +1:24
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 6:27v median +1:28
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 6:37v median +1:27
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 6:18v median +1:17
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 6:28v median +1:25
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 6:47v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
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.