The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maurice van den Driessche finished 490th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:47:52.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:14. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:37 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 10:43Running 1 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 5:26v median +0:43
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 6:01v median +0:59
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Block 04 14:55Running 4 6:08v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:12v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 6:21v median +1:15
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Block 07 14:53Running 7 6:27v median +1:19
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Block 08 17:45Running 8 7:39v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:37
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.