The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:16 at Rotterdam 2025 put Auke Van der Wal 730th of 1,283 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:56 faster at Rotterdam 2025 than at Amsterdam 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:30Running 1 4:45v median −0:24
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:25v median −0:29
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 4:38v median −0:37
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 4:38v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:26v median −0:06
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 4:44v median −0:36
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 4:44v median −0:34
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Block 08 13:43Running 8 5:55v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
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.