The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Deston Verstraeten finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:06:25 for 43rd of 1,192 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:11 on the median. A harder second half: 5:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:09, ahead of 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:19Running 1 3:15v median −1:40
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Block 02 5:31Running 2 3:23v median −1:22
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Block 03 6:48Running 3 3:33v median −1:31
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Block 04 7:05Running 4 3:38v median −1:28
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Block 05 7:41Running 5 3:31v median −1:39
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Block 06 5:11Running 6 3:45v median −1:22
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Block 07 12:42Running 7 9:21v median +4:13
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 4:09v median −1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:09
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.