The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Barry Bout finished 932nd of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:39:24.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:49 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 9:57Running 1 5:09v median +0:14
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 4:45v median +0:00
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 5:30v median +0:26
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Block 04 11:58Running 4 5:33v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:36v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:21Running 6 5:25v median +0:18
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Block 07 17:45Running 7 5:41v median +0:33
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Block 08 15:47Running 8 6:53v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
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.