The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:01 at Heerenveen 2025 put Jeroen Smedema 814th of 1,217 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:48 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:28 faster at Heerenveen 2025 than at Belgium 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:21v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:36v median −0:03
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 4:46v median −0:12
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Block 04 11:41Running 4 4:59v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:06v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:03v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 5:41v median +0:38
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Block 08 13:46Running 8 5:36v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
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.