The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joost de Bruyn took 2nd of 12 in the 55–59 age group at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:23:51.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:40 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:50 behind the median.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,324 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:19 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 1:12 on Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 4:44v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:27v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 4:50v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 4:47v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 4:51v median −0:19
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Block 06 6:36Running 6 4:48v median −0:18
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 4:48v median −0:20
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Block 08 14:59Running 8 5:40v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.