The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:42 at Rotterdam 2026 put Chris Gillespie 456th of 570 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 34% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:18 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19. The fastest of 5 finishes in the Open division for Chris Gillespie.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:02Running 1 5:59v median +1:05
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 5:48v median +1:03
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 5:57v median +0:56
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 6:13v median +1:06
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:22v median +1:09
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:26v median +1:15
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Block 07 14:43Running 7 7:16v median +2:07
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Block 08 15:18Running 8 8:08v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.