The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wim Oosthoek & Maarten Smit finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2025, in 58:08 for 3rd of 335 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 61% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:22 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:54, was faster than 99% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:21Running 1 3:36v median −1:45
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Block 02 5:16Running 2 3:29v median −1:29
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Block 03 7:24Running 3 3:37v median −1:41
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Block 04 6:28Running 4 3:39v median −1:44
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Block 05 7:51Running 5 3:46v median −1:53
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Block 06 5:11Running 6 3:44v median −1:44
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Block 07 6:37Running 7 3:42v median −1:45
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Block 08 8:15Running 8 3:59v median −1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:54
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 327
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 327 men's teams who finished.