The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthijs de Lijster & Frank van Herwijnen finished 549th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:40:17.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:43 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. 10:50 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 13:55Running 1 9:04v median +3:51
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 6:13v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 6:20v median +1:07
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Block 04 11:33Running 4 6:43v median +1:26
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:31v median +1:10
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:19v median +1:02
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Block 07 11:13Running 7 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 8:00v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.