The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, Rick Spijker crossed the line in 1:25:38: 437th of 1,380 men, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 78% of the field beaten on the stations, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:46 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:07 better against the middle of the field 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 9:44Running 1 5:02v median −0:21
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 6:38v median +1:29
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:15v median −0:26
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 5:10v median −0:30
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Block 05 12:36Running 5 7:22v median +1:28
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:20v median −0:20
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:19v median −0:21
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Block 08 10:23Running 8 5:55v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.