The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vince Bruinsma took 3rd of 112 in the 30–34 age group at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:02:40.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:18 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:47 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:21, ahead of 98% 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. That was 1:12 off the time at Mechelen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:44v median −1:10
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Block 02 5:26Running 2 3:35v median −1:10
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Block 03 7:10Running 3 3:44v median −1:17
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Block 04 7:15Running 4 3:46v median −1:21
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 3:47v median −1:26
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 3:48v median −1:23
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Block 07 7:29Running 7 3:51v median −1:18
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Block 08 9:33Running 8 4:19v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 568
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 568 men who finished.