The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Vernon-Stroud finished 394th of 600 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:31:42.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 1:02 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:37 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Rotterdam gave the field time back: about 0:39 faster than the average race this season, by 1,452 athletes who raced both. That was 2:57 off the time at Glasgow 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 5:49v median +0:41
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:23v median +0:33
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:25v median +0:13
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 5:39v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:48v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:43v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 5:46v median +0:27
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 6:39v median +0:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.