The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Calvin Van Heelsbergen & Sander Bik finished 530th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:34:40.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:18 of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:17 better 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 10:06Running 1 5:39v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:38Running 2 7:53v median +3:00
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 8:55v median +3:42
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 8:54v median +3:37
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:28v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:28v median +1:11
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Block 07 10:02Running 7 6:38v median +1:17
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 8:17v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:05
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.