The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sylvain Dingenouts & Ruud van de Meerakker finished 397th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:21:59.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:10 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:56 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:38Running 1 5:21v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:18v median +0:25
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 6:04v median +0:51
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Block 04 10:03Running 4 6:00v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:11v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:18v median +0:01
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 5:16v median −0:05
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Block 08 9:35Running 8 5:15v median −0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:46
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.