The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ferry van der Spoel finished 1,165th of 1,192 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 2:12:59.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:19. The race faded late: the second half went 12:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:23 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 11:12Running 1 6:00v median +1:05
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Block 02 13:13Running 2 5:35v median +0:50
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 8:06v median +3:02
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Block 04 15:54Running 4 8:23v median +3:17
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Block 05 15:01Running 5 9:41v median +4:31
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Block 06 13:54Running 6 11:20v median +6:13
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 8:45v median +3:37
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Block 08 23:44Running 8 10:14v median +4:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:23
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.