The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Tom Bakker at Rotterdam 2025: 1:10:33, 84th of 1,283 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 99% of the field across all eight, against 77% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:45 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:01, was faster than 90% of the field.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,452 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races. An improvement of 6:13 on London 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:42v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:31Running 2 4:34v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:17Running 3 4:50v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:07Running 4 4:46v median −0:30
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 5:07v median −0:25
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 4:44v median −0:36
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Block 07 8:16Running 7 4:52v median −0:26
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 5:08v median −0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1234
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,234 men who finished.