The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Van Loo finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:08:20 for 31st of 584 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:09 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:23, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:38v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:14v median −0:43
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 4:24v median −0:52
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Block 04 7:38Running 4 4:09v median −1:11
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Block 05 8:36Running 5 4:16v median −1:15
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Block 06 6:01Running 6 4:07v median −1:10
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 5:25v median +0:09
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Block 08 8:07Running 8 4:25v median −1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 563
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 563 men who finished.