The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emille Du Plessis finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:07:56 for 68th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:37 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:31 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:13, ahead of 89% 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. Emille Du Plessis's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 4:18v median −0:37
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 3:52v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 4:09v median −0:55
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Block 04 7:51Running 4 4:06v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:05v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 3:58v median −1:09
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Block 07 7:56Running 7 4:05v median −1:03
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Block 08 9:15Running 8 4:41v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:13
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.