The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:32 at Rotterdam 2025 put Wouter Middelbos 432nd of 584 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 0:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:11Running 1 5:45v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:29v median +0:32
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Block 03 14:30Running 3 8:45v median +3:29
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 6:13v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:30v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:16v median +0:59
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 6:21v median +1:05
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Block 08 13:08Running 8 7:08v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.