The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:04 at Heerenveen 2025 put Mike Van Beurden 311th of 1,217 men in the Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 93% of the field across all eight, against 68% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:37 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:02Running 1 3:15v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 4:07v median −0:32
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Block 03 7:43Running 3 4:20v median −0:38
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 4:20v median −0:40
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:18v median −0:53
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 7:28v median +2:27
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 4:22v median −0:41
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 5:20v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:36
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.