The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Woolley finished 437th of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:21:16, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:47. A harder second half: 2:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Rotterdam gained about 0:39. 0:20 slower than at Birmingham 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 4:33v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:03v median −0:51
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 4:19v median −0:56
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 4:24v median −0:52
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 4:38v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 4:33v median −0:47
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 4:48v median −0:30
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 5:27v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1234
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,234 men who finished.