The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:12 at Heerenveen 2025 put Richard Bouma 1,053rd of 1,217 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:52 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Heerenveen ran fast: the 998 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:31 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:07Running 1 5:42v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:09v median +1:30
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Block 03 11:29Running 3 6:36v median +1:38
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 6:36v median +1:36
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 7:00v median +1:49
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:53v median +1:52
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Block 07 13:42Running 7 7:08v median +2:05
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Block 08 14:10Running 8 8:34v median +2:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:52
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.