The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Edwin Rakers & Lennart Wiechertjes finished 476th of 535 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Heerenveen 2026, in 1:30:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 802 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:33v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:38v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 4:58v median −0:05
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:04v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:23v median +0:08
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:26Running 7 5:25v median +0:13
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Block 08 15:50Running 8 6:15v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 531
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 531 men's teams who finished.