The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark van Kralingen & Josephine Pipping finished 240th of 461 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:20:15.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:15 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 1:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:34v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:51v median −0:17
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:30v median +0:03
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 5:26v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:39v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:23v median −0:07
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Block 07 10:18Running 7 5:16v median −0:20
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 5:42v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 461
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 461 mixed teams who finished.