The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Niels Willemen at Rotterdam 2026: 1:07:52, 67th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:07 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:49 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:57, was faster than 93% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Rotterdam 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 5:19 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:21v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 4:03v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:06v median −0:58
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Block 04 8:21Running 4 4:20v median −0:46
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:16v median −0:54
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:17v median −0:50
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Block 07 7:27Running 7 4:21v median −0:47
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Block 08 10:18Running 8 5:04v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:57
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.