The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Bronkhorst finished 971st of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:37:02.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:56 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:07v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:50v median −0:04
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:07v median −0:08
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 5:14v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:26v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 5:44v median +0:24
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 5:42v median +0:24
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 7:19v median +1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.