The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Frank Hesselink & Saskia Hesselink finished 723rd of 808 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:39:26.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:08. A harder second half: 2:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:35 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 1:46 faster than the average race this season, by 592 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:50Running 1 6:24v median +1:13
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 6:09v median +0:55
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:15v median +0:46
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 6:19v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:30v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:31v median +0:58
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Block 07 13:52Running 7 6:48v median +1:13
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Block 08 13:09Running 8 7:26v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.