The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:50 at Rotterdam 2026 put Vincent Van Elten & Dilan van de Aar 418th of 674 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the sled push the field had the edge, by 6:08. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:45 better 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 8:30Running 1 4:26v median −0:32
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Block 02 12:11Running 2 4:18v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:10Running 3 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 4:37v median −0:28
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 5:03v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 07 9:15Running 7 5:00v median −0:09
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 5:10v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.