The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joachim Scheffer finished 685th of 1,217 men in the Open division at Heerenveen 2025, in 1:27:22.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:14 on the median. A harder second half: 2:15 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 9:32Running 1 5:10v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:24v median +0:45
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:26v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:34v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:43v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:52v median +0:51
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Block 07 10:35Running 7 5:42v median +0:39
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Block 08 13:47Running 8 6:21v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.