The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Van De Beek finished 364th of 600 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:29:56.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:25 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:39.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 5:04v median −0:04
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Block 02 10:10Running 2 8:11v median +3:21
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:34v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:09Running 4 5:26v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:55v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:34v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 5:20v median +0:01
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 6:12v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 571
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 571 men who finished.