The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Penning finished 294th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:28:03.
Legs and stations told different stories: 67% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:54 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:13Running 1 4:43v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:36v median −0:07
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:37v median −0:25
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 4:55v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:50v median −0:20
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Block 06 7:11Running 6 4:37v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 4:54v median −0:14
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Block 08 18:05Running 8 5:42v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.