The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Albert Beale finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:04:00 for 30th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:05 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:30, was faster than 97% 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. 2:56 faster than at Copenhagen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:52Running 1 3:36v median −1:19
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 3:37v median −1:08
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Block 03 6:57Running 3 3:57v median −1:07
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 3:59v median −1:07
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 4:05v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:23Running 6 4:04v median −1:03
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 4:10v median −0:58
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Block 08 8:48Running 8 4:42v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
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.