The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:30 at Heerenveen 2026 put Emma van Traa & Mika Gulmans 668th of 737 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:23 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 2:47.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:32Running 1 6:39v median +1:01
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 7:33v median +1:49
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 7:53v median +1:58
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 8:24v median +2:24
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Block 05 14:16Running 5 8:27v median +2:22
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:14v median +2:14
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 8:19v median +2:17
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 8:41v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:42
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 732
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 732 women's teams who finished.