The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bas Fierens finished 288th of 584 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:26:33, faster than 51% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:23 on the median. A harder second half: 4:28 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 10:01Running 1 5:36v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:28v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:25v median +0:09
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 5:44v median +0:24
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 6:10v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:46v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:26v median +0:10
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Block 08 13:51Running 8 6:46v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 563
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 563 men who finished.