The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:51 at Heerenveen 2025 put Patrick de Jong 961st of 1,217 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:30 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
The field ran 2:29 faster at Heerenveen 2025 than at Rotterdam 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:57v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:04v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:16v median +0:18
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:29v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 6:28v median +1:27
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Block 07 12:57Running 7 5:52v median +0:49
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Block 08 13:25Running 8 6:50v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:30
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.