The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Karsten Loley finished 990th of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:38:03.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:41. The race faded late: the second half went 1:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:49 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
Rotterdam ran fast: the 1,452 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:39 quicker here than at their other races. That was 0:57 off the time at Hamburg 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:18Running 1 6:03v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:33v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 5:49v median +0:34
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 5:48v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:50v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:56Running 6 5:45v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 6:02v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 6:27v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
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.