The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Howard finished 824th of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:33:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 0:39 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:05 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Rotterdam 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 5:19 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 11:19Running 1 6:03v median +1:08
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 5:34v median +0:49
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 5:39v median +0:35
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 5:56v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:55v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:55v median +0:48
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 5:58v median +0:50
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Block 08 13:51Running 8 7:01v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.