The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mike Waddington took 3rd of 12 in the 55–59 age group at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:32:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 4:21 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:28 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. 3:50 faster than at Glasgow 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:32v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:21v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 4:34v median −0:28
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Block 04 11:27Running 4 4:33v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:34Running 6 4:44v median −0:22
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 4:44v median −0:24
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 8:04v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.