The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mika Van Kolthoorn finished 260th of 1,217 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:15:29, faster than 79% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:21 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:32 better 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 8:03Running 1 4:03v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 4:18v median −0:21
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Block 03 9:14Running 3 4:55v median −0:03
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:11v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:26v median +0:15
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 5:02v median +0:01
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Block 07 8:31Running 7 4:43v median −0:20
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Block 08 10:12Running 8 5:08v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.