The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:41 at Rotterdam 2026 put Merijn Schellekens 835th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:37 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:16Running 1 5:16v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 4:51v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 5:06v median +0:02
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 5:11v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:18v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:11v median +0:04
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 5:29v median +0:21
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Block 08 16:18Running 8 6:30v median +0:26
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.