The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mohamed Salem finished 469th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:44:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:33. A harder second half: 5:11 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:10Running 1 4:44v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:31v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:46Running 3 5:08v median +0:06
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Block 04 14:27Running 4 5:26v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:07v median −0:03
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:10v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 5:03v median −0:05
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Block 08 24:25Running 8 9:23v median +3:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.