The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merlijn Bedner & Sebastiaan Bedner finished 521st of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:32:49.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:28 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 11:07Running 1 6:50v median +1:37
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Block 02 11:21Running 2 9:29v median +4:36
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 9:17v median +4:04
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 6:12v median +0:55
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 6:18v median +0:57
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:10v median +0:53
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 6:06v median +0:45
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 7:30v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.