The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bart Smulders & Dries Smulders finished 410th of 674 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:17:32.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:09. The race faded late: the second half went 1:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:40 faster than the average race this season, by 989 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:44v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 4:45v median +0:07
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 5:15v median +0:16
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 5:07v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:02v median −0:06
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Block 06 6:31Running 6 4:43v median −0:21
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Block 07 8:49Running 7 4:41v median −0:28
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 5:44v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 673
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 673 men's teams who finished.