The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bas Maier took 3rd of 53 in the 40–44 age group at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:12:44.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:11 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Bas Maier.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:01Running 1 4:31v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:20v median −0:19
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Block 03 7:53Running 3 4:23v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 4:26v median −0:38
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Block 05 8:42Running 5 4:21v median −0:49
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:13v median −0:51
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Block 07 8:14Running 7 4:18v median −0:49
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 5:05v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
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.