The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Duco Smeekes finished 959th of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:36:33.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:38. A harder second half: 5:43 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Duco Smeekes.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:40Running 1 6:10v median +1:01
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:49v median +0:55
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 5:59v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:54Running 4 5:58v median +0:42
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:36v median +1:04
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:21v median +1:01
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Block 07 13:10Running 7 6:23v median +1:05
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Block 08 14:04Running 8 7:38v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.