The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Traas finished 544th of 600 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:49:05.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:05 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 9:51Running 1 5:40v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 6:32v median +1:42
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 6:41v median +1:29
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Block 04 14:14Running 4 6:59v median +1:42
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 7:40v median +2:11
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 7:56v median +2:37
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 7:14v median +1:55
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 8:24v median +2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:05
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.