The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Tom Hendriks & Bette Gerretsen at Rotterdam 2026: 1:09:16, 108th of 1,047 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:50 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:30 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:21, was faster than 87% of the field.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:36 faster than the average race this season, by 815 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:22v median −1:17
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:19v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:24Running 3 4:42v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:58Running 4 4:39v median −1:03
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Block 05 9:24Running 5 4:44v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:38v median −1:03
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Block 07 7:57Running 7 4:38v median −1:08
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Block 08 9:08Running 8 5:13v median −1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:21
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.