The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:21 at Rotterdam 2026 put knud nelissen 1,068th of 1,192 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 12:50. The race faded late: the second half went 15:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 1,324 athletes who raced both. 13:57 slower than at Mechelen 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:27v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:30v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 5:06v median +0:02
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 5:07v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:26v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:36v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 5:42v median +0:34
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Block 08 27:18Running 8 7:17v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
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.