The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eric Sommers finished 289th of 325 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:49:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:21. The race faded late: the second half went 7:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:28Running 1 4:29v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:35Running 2 4:57v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:06v median +0:08
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Block 04 14:55Running 4 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 5:34v median +0:20
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:23v median +0:19
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 5:44v median +0:35
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Block 08 20:56Running 8 7:01v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.