The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michel Opdam took 3rd of 59 in the 50–54 age group at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:21:34.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:48, ahead of 96% of the field.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:13. 1:57 slower than at Malmö 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:07Running 1 4:31v median −0:52
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 4:17v median −0:52
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 4:59v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 4:46v median −0:54
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:55v median −0:59
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 4:54v median −0:46
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 5:10v median −0:30
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 5:21v median −0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:48
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.