The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gilles Domken finished 286th of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:17:04, faster than 76% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 87% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:56 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,324 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:14v median −0:41
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Block 02 5:49Running 2 3:55v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 4:15v median −0:49
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 4:18v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:25v median −0:45
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:22v median −0:45
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 4:28v median −0:40
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 4:59v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
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.