The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bjorn De Laat finished 208th of 325 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:32:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 87% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:42. A harder second half: 4:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:22Running 1 3:43v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:56v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 4:10v median −0:48
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Block 04 14:26Running 4 4:35v median −0:27
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Block 05 9:47Running 5 4:37v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:23v median −0:41
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 4:27v median −0:42
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Block 08 19:36Running 8 5:20v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 319
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 319 men who finished.