The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Hampson finished 182nd of 1,380 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:18:15, faster than 87% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:03 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:32v median −0:51
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:15v median −0:54
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 4:42v median −0:59
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Block 04 9:05Running 4 4:35v median −1:05
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Block 05 9:05Running 5 4:37v median −1:17
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 4:41v median −0:59
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Block 07 11:59Running 7 4:42v median −0:58
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 4:55v median −1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:23
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.