The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:23 at Heerenveen 2025 put Marco Van Der Spek 1,202nd of 1,217 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:33 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 17:13 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 15:03Running 1 9:43v median +5:12
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 6:49v median +2:10
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Block 03 13:53Running 3 7:15v median +2:17
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Block 04 15:55Running 4 7:04v median +2:04
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:11v median +2:00
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Block 06 9:40Running 6 7:06v median +2:05
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Block 07 19:02Running 7 7:20v median +2:17
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Block 08 17:47Running 8 8:57v median +3:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:13
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.