The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Poppelaars & Ben Boerdam finished 548th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:39:38.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:33 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 989 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:40 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 6:21v median +1:08
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 6:09v median +1:16
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 6:29v median +1:16
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 6:45v median +1:28
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:58v median +1:37
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:09v median +1:52
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 7:36v median +2:15
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 7:39v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.