The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, Freek van der Valk crossed the line in 1:15:12: 110th of 570 men, faster than 81% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:32 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 85% 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 8:50Running 1 4:11v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 3:56v median −0:49
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 4:12v median −0:49
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 4:08v median −0:59
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Block 05 8:44Running 5 4:21v median −0:52
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:26v median −0:45
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 4:21v median −0:48
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Block 08 11:49Running 8 5:00v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
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.