The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Cost & Tim Vogel finished 515th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:32:22.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:54 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
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 9:18Running 1 5:06v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 6:09v median +1:16
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 6:15v median +1:02
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:44v median +1:27
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 7:36v median +2:15
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 7:08v median +1:51
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 6:25v median +1:04
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 8:00v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:54
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.