The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Joël Van Os at Heerenveen 2025: 1:09:18, 97th of 1,217 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:18 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:09, was faster than 91% of the field.
Heerenveen gave the field time back: about 0:31 faster than the average race this season, by 998 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 4:03v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:14v median −0:25
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 4:32v median −0:26
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:17Running 5 4:44v median −0:27
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:25v median −0:36
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Block 07 7:17Running 7 4:26v median −0:37
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Block 08 9:54Running 8 4:44v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
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.