The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, Michael Mensah crossed the line in 1:20:36: 183rd of 556 men, faster than 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:40 on the median. On the row the field had the edge, by 0:43.
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 9:22Running 1 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 4:20v median −0:23
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 4:32v median −0:30
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Block 04 9:38Running 4 4:30v median −0:37
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 4:50v median −0:20
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:14v median −0:52
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Block 07 9:34Running 7 4:37v median −0:31
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Block 08 12:40Running 8 5:30v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.