The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stefan van der Bijl & Martin Defauwes finished 365th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:19:29.
The runs carried this race: faster than 55% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:09 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:31 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:57Running 1 5:22v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:49v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:10v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:38Running 4 5:20v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:12v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:57v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:48Running 7 5:04v median −0:13
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 5:46v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.