The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sander Gijsen finished 501st of 1,217 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:22:27, faster than 59% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 68% of the field beaten on the runs, 48% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:03 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:41 slower than the median.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 998 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:21Running 1 4:02v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 4:25v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 4:40v median −0:18
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 4:36v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:49v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:38v median −0:23
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 4:54v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 5:30v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.