The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Schröder & Joost Bijker finished 401st of 434 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:30:24.
A station race more than a running one: 27% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:23 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 0:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 5:44v median +1:10
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 6:10v median +1:30
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 6:28v median +1:30
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Block 04 10:30Running 4 6:36v median +1:37
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 7:09v median +1:58
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:54v median +1:50
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Block 07 11:43Running 7 6:46v median +1:43
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 7:18v median +1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.