The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michaël Blom finished 500th of 584 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:45:25.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 2:03 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 7:18 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:45Running 1 6:00v median +0:51
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Block 02 13:40Running 2 8:41v median +3:44
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 8:35v median +3:19
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Block 04 12:31Running 4 6:15v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 6:54v median +1:23
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 6:51v median +1:34
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Block 07 11:07Running 7 6:42v median +1:26
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Block 08 13:32Running 8 7:41v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.