The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben May finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:16:49 for 145th of 1,380 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:06 on the median. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 2:13 more than the average race this season, going by 919 athletes who raced both. 18:56 faster than at London 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:50Running 1 4:32v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 4:25v median −0:44
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 4:55v median −0:46
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 4:39v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:44v median −1:10
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Block 06 6:54Running 6 4:42v median −0:58
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Block 07 8:34Running 7 4:32v median −1:08
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 5:26v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1350
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,350 men who finished.