The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:10 at Rotterdam 2026 put Mandy van den Hoek & Merel van Haaften 114th of 466 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 76% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:10 on the median. A harder second half: 1:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 1:19.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:42Running 1 6:01v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 5:33v median −0:08
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 5:44v median −0:17
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Block 04 9:00Running 4 5:59v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:59v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:49v median −0:19
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 6:06v median −0:07
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 7:06v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 466
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 466 women's teams who finished.