The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Eligh finished 449th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:41:10.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:41 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:10 better against the middle of the field 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:47Running 1 5:02v median +0:09
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Block 02 10:47Running 2 8:39v median +3:56
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 7:14v median +2:12
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Block 04 12:39Running 4 7:00v median +1:53
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 7:23v median +2:13
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 7:17v median +2:11
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 7:20v median +2:12
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Block 08 15:39Running 8 8:05v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:34
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.