The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:00:58 at Rotterdam 2026 put Pascal de Wachter 530th of 556 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:39. A harder second half: 10:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,324 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:19 quicker here than at their other races. That was 1:50 off the time at Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:17Running 1 6:14v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 6:10v median +1:27
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Block 03 13:28Running 3 6:47v median +1:45
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Block 04 14:40Running 4 7:03v median +1:56
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:34v median +2:24
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Block 06 11:31Running 6 7:55v median +2:49
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Block 07 17:00Running 7 8:09v median +3:01
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Block 08 21:41Running 8 13:00v median +6:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.