The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pleun Mekel & Floor Op 't hoog finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2026, in 1:11:15 for 42nd of 936 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:34 on the median.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 1:19 faster than the average race this season, by 949 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:39v median −1:25
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:17v median −1:20
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:38v median −1:16
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 4:40v median −1:18
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 4:38v median −1:25
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 4:37v median −1:22
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:34v median −1:29
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 5:08v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 933
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 933 women's teams who finished.