The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rens Artz finished 663rd of 1,217 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:26:34.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:56 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:54Running 1 4:51v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:50v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:59Running 3 5:21v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 5:26v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:00v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:27v median +0:26
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 5:44v median +0:41
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 5:59v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:03
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.