The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Esra Pieters & Jeroen Wijntje finished 178th of 310 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:18:19.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 989 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:40 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:40Running 1 5:26v median +0:21
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 4:41v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:06Running 3 5:15v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 5:08v median −0:10
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 9:57v median +4:35
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:59v median −0:19
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 5:23v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:03Running 8 5:48v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 310
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 310 men's teams who finished.