The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mick van de Vaarst finished 646th of 1,217 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:26:04.
The runs carried this race: faster than 61% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04. A harder second half: 4:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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
-
Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:57v median −0:34
-
Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:09v median −0:30
-
Block 03 9:06Running 3 4:30v median −0:28
-
Block 04 11:23Running 4 4:28v median −0:32
-
Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:46v median −0:25
-
Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:31v median −0:30
-
Block 07 11:54Running 7 4:41v median −0:22
-
Block 08 15:36Running 8 7:38v median +1:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.