The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruurd Van De Laar finished 1,096th of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:53:12.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 7:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:31 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:33Running 1 6:02v median +1:07
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 5:31v median +0:46
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:53v median −0:11
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Block 04 18:07Running 4 4:46v median −0:20
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:28v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:10v median +0:03
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 4:47v median −0:21
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Block 08 23:19Running 8 9:08v median +3:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.