The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, Mats Knol crossed the line in 1:13:29: 152nd of 1,283 men, faster than 88% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:58 on the median. A harder second half: 3:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,452 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:25v median −0:44
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:03v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 4:16v median −0:59
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Block 04 8:09Running 4 4:18v median −0:58
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:18v median +0:46
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Block 06 6:15Running 6 4:41v median −0:39
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Block 07 8:36Running 7 4:09v median −1:09
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 4:23v median −1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.