The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, Virgil Sonokromo crossed the line in 1:26:41: 482nd of 1,380 men, faster than 65% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:29 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:30 faster at Rotterdam 2024 than at Amsterdam 2023, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:52v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 5:21v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 5:36v median −0:05
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 5:30v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:29v median −0:25
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 5:35v median −0:05
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:47v median +0:07
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Block 08 11:46Running 8 5:46v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:19
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.