The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Westerbos finished in the top 10% of the field at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:04:49 for 34th of 1,217 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:13 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:36 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Heerenveen gained about 0:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:56v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:47v median −0:52
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Block 03 7:32Running 3 3:54v median −1:04
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Block 04 7:18Running 4 3:49v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 3:59v median −1:12
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:03v median −0:58
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Block 07 7:38Running 7 3:57v median −1:06
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Block 08 9:05Running 8 4:18v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1191
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,191 men who finished.