The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:29 at Rotterdam 2026 put Paul Aalbers 713th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:04. The race faded late: the second half went 1:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Rotterdam 2026 and Rotterdam 2025 were 4:08 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 4:34v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:16v median −0:29
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:33v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 5:22v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:11v median +0:01
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:12v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 5:14v median +0:06
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 6:02v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.