The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Buddy De Groot finished 450th of 584 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:38:24.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:11 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:57 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 10:39Running 1 6:18v median +1:09
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:05v median +1:08
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Block 03 13:02Running 3 6:26v median +1:10
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 6:21v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:46v median +1:15
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 6:27v median +1:10
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 6:29v median +1:13
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 6:40v median +0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:34
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.