The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ires Hoekstra & Annemiek Leijenaar finished in the top 10% of the field at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:12:44 for 48th of 513 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 67% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median. Time in the roxzone, 6:50, was faster than 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 2:47.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:20v median −1:11
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:32v median −1:04
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 4:49v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 4:47v median −1:06
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Block 05 9:58Running 5 4:59v median −1:00
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 4:57v median −0:57
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 5:06v median −0:52
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Block 08 9:02Running 8 5:08v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 511
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 511 women's teams who finished.