The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Vasterink & Aidian van Berkom finished 461st of 494 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:29:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:59. The race faded late: the second half went 1:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:53 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:47Running 1 5:50v median +1:13
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 6:09v median +1:29
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 6:17v median +1:21
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 6:40v median +1:41
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 7:07v median +1:57
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 6:14v median +1:13
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 6:29v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:41Running 8 7:26v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.