The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thijs Wolffensperger & Menno Schaars finished 344th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:18:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:18. The race faded late: the second half went 1:44 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 9:04Running 1 4:52v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:38v median −0:11
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Block 03 8:18Running 3 4:59v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 4:57v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:02v median −0:15
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:01v median −0:12
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Block 07 9:31Running 7 5:08v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 5:35v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.