The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:46 at Rotterdam 2025 put Mohammed Al-Saadi on the age-group podium: 2nd of 13 in the 55–59 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 50% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:08 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:29 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,452 athletes who raced both. Mohammed Al-Saadi's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:48v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 4:26v median −0:24
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 4:37v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 4:40v median −0:37
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 4:49v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 4:35v median −0:44
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 5:05v median −0:14
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 5:10v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.