The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Van Boxtel finished 143rd of 570 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:17:42, faster than 75% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 61% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:49 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:03 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19. Melvin Van Boxtel's fastest of 8 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:34v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 4:36v median −0:09
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 4:44v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:04v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:02v median −0:11
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Block 06 6:35Running 6 5:14v median +0:03
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Block 07 7:22Running 7 5:02v median −0:07
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 5:45v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.