The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:11 at Rotterdam 2026 put Sten Schaper 169th of 556 men in the Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 58% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:08 on the median. A harder second half: 1:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,324 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:13Running 1 3:47v median −1:06
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Block 02 5:52Running 2 3:48v median −0:55
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 4:31v median −0:31
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Block 04 9:06Running 4 4:26v median −0:41
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:27v median −0:43
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 4:29v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 4:40v median −0:28
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 5:17v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.