The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:12 at Rotterdam 2026 put Michiel De Groot 170th of 556 men in the Open division, ahead of 69% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 92% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:42 ahead of the median.
Athletes who raced both Rotterdam 2026 and Madrid 2025 were 3:21 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:56v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:51v median +0:08
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Block 03 7:43Running 3 4:49v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 5:17v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:35v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 5:19v median +0:13
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 5:13v median +0:05
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 6:15v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.