The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:44 at Heerenveen 2025 put Colm O’Brien 849th of 1,217 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:55 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 better against the middle of the field 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
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Block 01 9:21Running 1 4:50v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:46v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 4:55v median −0:03
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Block 04 13:35Running 4 4:58v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:27v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:19v median +0:18
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:19v median +0:16
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 6:06v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.