The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:55 at Rotterdam 2026 put Lars Van Hecke 666th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:31. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Lars Van Hecke.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 4:47v median −0:08
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 4:52v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:14v median +0:10
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 4:41v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:15v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:02v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 4:58v median −0:10
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 6:09v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:27
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.