The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marinka Stegeman & Merel Bruintjes finished 418th of 513 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:35:12.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:27 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:11 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 2:47.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:19Running 1 5:44v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 6:49v median +1:13
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 7:00v median +1:15
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 7:26v median +1:33
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:25v median +1:26
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:13v median +1:19
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 7:15v median +1:17
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 7:35v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:02
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.