The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Gaillard & Hidde Van de Velde finished 188th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:11:53, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:51 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 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 9:01Running 1 5:03v median −0:08
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 4:38v median −0:11
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Block 03 7:17Running 3 5:00v median −0:06
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Block 04 7:55Running 4 5:10v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:20v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:17v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 5:17v median +0:00
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Block 08 9:58Running 8 5:48v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 576
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 576 men's teams who finished.