The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:22:02 at Rotterdam 2026 put Sermed Kaayeb 1,182nd of 1,192 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:06. The race faded late: the second half went 5:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:44 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 14:30Running 1 9:46v median +4:51
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Block 02 13:06Running 2 9:46v median +5:01
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Block 03 17:50Running 3 11:38v median +6:34
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Block 04 18:04Running 4 11:19v median +6:13
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Block 05 7:59Running 5 2:37v median −2:33
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Block 06 13:27Running 6 10:14v median +5:07
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Block 07 19:27Running 7 10:08v median +5:00
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Block 08 21:02Running 8 11:17v median +5:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:44
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.