The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:24 at Heerenveen 2026 put Kirsten Welling & Raoul Gubbels 687th of 808 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 35% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:46. A harder second half: 5:34 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 10:21Running 1 6:03v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 5:55v median +0:41
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 6:03v median +0:34
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 6:27v median +0:58
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:16v median +0:37
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Block 06 12:28Running 6 10:47v median +5:14
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 6:27v median +0:52
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Block 08 12:20Running 8 7:24v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:58
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 805
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 805 mixed teams who finished.