The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erik Veldhuis finished 494th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:49:15.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:11. The race faded late: the second half went 7:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19. An improvement of 0:04 on Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:56Running 1 6:08v median +1:15
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:35v median +0:52
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:30v median +0:28
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Block 04 14:16Running 4 5:40v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:44v median +0:34
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 5:40v median +0:34
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 5:47v median +0:39
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Block 08 22:10Running 8 6:30v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:00
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.