The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jim van Westerlaak finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:09:48 for 31st of 401 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:10 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:55, was faster than 94% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:39v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:13v median −0:26
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:18v median −0:41
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:13v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:53Running 5 4:27v median −0:43
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:20v median −0:44
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Block 07 8:15Running 7 4:22v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:49Running 8 4:51v median −1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 401
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 401 men who finished.