The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, Max Geerlings crossed the line in 1:16:00: 235th of 1,283 men, faster than 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:34 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:50 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 4:12v median −0:57
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:03v median −0:51
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:23v median −0:52
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Block 04 9:40Running 4 4:20v median −0:56
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Block 05 9:00Running 5 4:31v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 4:31v median −0:49
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Block 07 9:46Running 7 4:33v median −0:45
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 5:13v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
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.