The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Durk De Wilde & Marten Hepkema finished 348th of 434 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:23:36.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:31. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 0:52 faster than the average race this season, by 802 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:09v median +0:35
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:40v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 5:04v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:50Running 4 5:04v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:15v median +0:04
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:00v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:07v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 5:46v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 427
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 427 men's teams who finished.