The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mitchell Thiel finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:09:22 for 49th of 570 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:07 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:57, ahead of 92% 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 8:20Running 1 4:07v median −0:47
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 3:43v median −1:02
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 3:52v median −1:09
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 3:54v median −1:13
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Block 05 8:10Running 5 3:51v median −1:22
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Block 06 5:44Running 6 3:49v median −1:22
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 3:51v median −1:18
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Block 08 9:37Running 8 4:12v median −1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:57
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.