The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Balazs Rodek finished 543rd of 556 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 2:10:24.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:32 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:19, behind 92% 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 9:58Running 1 4:53v median +0:00
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Block 02 12:23Running 2 5:08v median +0:25
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Block 03 16:00Running 3 7:43v median +2:41
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Block 04 18:36Running 4 8:04v median +2:57
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Block 05 13:52Running 5 8:11v median +3:01
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Block 06 10:29Running 6 8:05v median +2:59
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Block 07 19:02Running 7 8:18v median +3:10
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Block 08 19:52Running 8 7:01v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.