The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Peter Staal & Rachid Mekrani finished 490th of 580 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:28:54.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:13 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 10:58Running 1 6:12v median +1:01
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:44v median +0:55
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 5:48v median +0:42
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 5:58v median +0:45
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:15v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 6:00v median +0:47
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Block 07 8:37Running 7 6:02v median +0:45
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 7:02v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:13
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.