The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:43 at Rotterdam 2026 put Bastien Deneffe 311th of 1,192 men in the Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:37 on the median. A harder second half: 2:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,324 athletes who raced both. 9:47 faster than at Mechelen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:11v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 3:59v median −0:46
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Block 03 9:05Running 3 4:48v median −0:16
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Block 04 8:01Running 4 4:49v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 5:21v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 5:18v median +0:11
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 5:34v median +0:26
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:33v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:25
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.