The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Donovan Akkermans finished 512th of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:54:55.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:53. The race faded late: the second half went 4:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:30 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:37Running 1 5:13v median +0:20
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:34v median +0:51
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Block 03 12:48Running 3 6:20v median +1:18
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Block 04 14:28Running 4 6:33v median +1:26
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:14v median +2:04
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Block 06 10:35Running 6 7:15v median +2:09
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Block 07 14:58Running 7 6:53v median +1:45
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Block 08 18:32Running 8 9:19v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:30
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.