The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:27 at Rotterdam 2025 put Bertie Van Zyl 603rd of 1,283 men in the Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 44% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:25 on the median. A harder second half: 2:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,452 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:34Running 1 5:27v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:55v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:19v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 5:26v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:36v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:34v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:36v median +0:18
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 6:17v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.