The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sven Eilers & Jorn Claes finished 420th of 674 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:17:52.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 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 10:18Running 1 6:03v median +1:05
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:33v median +0:55
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Block 03 8:24Running 3 5:30v median +0:31
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Block 04 8:40Running 4 5:31v median +0:26
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:31v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:32v median +0:28
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Block 07 8:34Running 7 5:21v median +0:12
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Block 08 10:42Running 8 6:19v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.