The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:05 at Heerenveen 2025 put Hamid El Aarbaoui 35th of 325 men in the Open division, ahead of 89% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 64% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:47 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Heerenveen 2025 and Rotterdam 2025 were 2:29 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:49Running 1 3:34v median −0:50
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 3:38v median −1:01
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 3:42v median −1:16
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:01v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:33Running 5 3:49v median −1:25
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Block 06 5:24Running 6 3:49v median −1:15
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Block 07 7:28Running 7 4:09v median −1:00
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Block 08 10:37Running 8 4:30v median −1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 319
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 319 men who finished.