The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sam Laenen & Kay Laenen finished 386th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:21:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:40 faster than the average race this season, by 989 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:03Running 1 5:34v median +0:21
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 5:15v median +0:22
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 5:31v median +0:18
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:52v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:54v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:07v median +0:50
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Block 07 9:17Running 7 5:54v median +0:33
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Block 08 12:11Running 8 7:27v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
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.