The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Anker finished 371st of 584 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:32:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:58. Stronger after halfway: 1:46 better against the middle of the field 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 9:20Running 1 5:06v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 4:58v median +0:01
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:17v median +0:01
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 5:32v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:45v median +0:14
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 5:24v median +0:07
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:31v median +0:15
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 6:26v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.