The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Velthuis finished 430th of 1,380 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:25:23, faster than 69% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 83% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:08 on the median. A harder second half: 3:10 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 5:00v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:55v median −0:14
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:40v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 5:32v median −0:08
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 6:03v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 5:40v median +0:00
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 5:39v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 6:00v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.