The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bas Rietveld & Ali el Hessaini finished 532nd of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:35:07.
Legs and stations told different stories: 24% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:56 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:30 worse 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 9:51Running 1 5:33v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:31v median +0:38
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:54v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 6:00v median +0:43
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:10v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:50v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 5:55v median +0:34
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 7:11v median +1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:19
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.