The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jacques Meys finished 1,240th of 1,283 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2025, in 1:58:44.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:32 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:11, behind 92% of the field.
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 11:08Running 1 6:32v median +1:23
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Block 02 10:17Running 2 6:33v median +1:39
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Block 03 15:02Running 3 7:13v median +1:58
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Block 04 17:04Running 4 7:47v median +2:31
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Block 05 13:34Running 5 8:31v median +2:59
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 7:40v median +2:20
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Block 07 16:12Running 7 7:31v median +2:13
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Block 08 15:16Running 8 8:49v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:11
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.