The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bálint Kovács finished 102nd of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:14:47, faster than 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:04 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:57 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:00v median −0:43
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:07v median −0:55
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 4:10v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:32Running 5 4:05v median −1:05
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:02v median −1:04
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Block 07 8:06Running 7 3:58v median −1:10
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 4:28v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 550
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 550 men who finished.