The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Willem-Jan Rietberg & Maaike van der Velde at Rotterdam 2026: 1:03:03, 29th of 1,047 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:17 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:43, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:36.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 4:13v median −1:26
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Block 02 5:36Running 2 3:51v median −1:28
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:04v median −1:34
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Block 04 6:54Running 4 4:09v median −1:33
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:14v median −1:31
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Block 06 5:52Running 6 4:08v median −1:33
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Block 07 7:06Running 7 4:14v median −1:32
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Block 08 8:29Running 8 4:43v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:43
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 1047
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,047 mixed teams who finished.