The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:05:47 at Rotterdam 2025 put Mike Thuis on the age-group podium: 3rd of 98 in the 16–24 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:42 on the median. A harder second half: 1:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:15, was faster than 98% of the field.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,452 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:54Running 1 3:56v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:02Running 2 3:50v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:29Running 3 4:03v median −1:09
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:01v median −1:16
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Block 05 8:22Running 5 4:08v median −1:21
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Block 06 6:25Running 6 4:12v median −1:07
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 4:06v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:46Running 8 4:33v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 571
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 571 men who finished.