The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Van den Dongen finished 369th of 600 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:30:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:26 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 9:02Running 1 4:32v median −0:36
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:19v median −0:31
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 5:10v median −0:02
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 5:02v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:22v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:11v median −0:08
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 5:03v median −0:16
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 8:05v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
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.