The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:11 at Rotterdam 2026 put Stefan Nillesen & Bram Verbruggen 343rd of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:04. The race faded late: the second half went 2:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:14v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 5:11v median −0:02
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 5:25v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:14v median −0:07
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:08v median −0:09
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 5:22v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 6:15v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 579
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 579 men's teams who finished.