The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Van Walle finished 622nd of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:27:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:06. A harder second half: 3:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19. Michael Van Walle's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:41Running 1 4:54v median −0:01
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:31v median −0:14
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 4:48v median −0:18
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 4:47v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:39v median −0:28
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 4:55v median −0:13
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 6:18v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.