The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Artie Lyons won the 16–24 age group at Rotterdam 2026 in 1:00:02, first of 244.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:44 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:33 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:02, was faster than 99% 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. Artie Lyons's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 3:34v median −1:21
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Block 02 5:29Running 2 3:25v median −1:20
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Block 03 7:13Running 3 3:45v median −1:19
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Block 04 7:03Running 4 3:46v median −1:20
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Block 05 8:02Running 5 3:54v median −1:16
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Block 06 5:10Running 6 3:38v median −1:29
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Block 07 7:43Running 7 3:36v median −1:32
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Block 08 7:38Running 8 4:11v median −1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1185
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,185 men who finished.