The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Mclaughlin finished 283rd of 401 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:33:22.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:59Running 1 5:04v median +0:13
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:50v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 4:55v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 5:05v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:09v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:12v median +0:08
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 5:17v median +0:10
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Block 08 15:34Running 8 6:12v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.