The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Van Braam finished 857th of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:32:55.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:48Running 1 5:36v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 5:39v median +0:24
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 5:58v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:10v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:03v median +0:43
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 5:55v median +0:37
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Block 08 14:05Running 8 7:42v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.