The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jelmer Vink finished 804th of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:33:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:47 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 4:39v median −0:16
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 4:16v median −0:29
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 5:25v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 4:51v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:02v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:10v median +0:03
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 5:28v median +0:20
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 6:09v median +0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.