The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul van Mulekom finished 696th of 1,380 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:31:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:17. The race faded late: the second half went 2:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:20Running 1 4:43v median −0:40
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 4:37v median −0:32
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 5:25v median −0:16
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 5:33v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:24v median −0:30
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:47v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:53v median +0:13
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 5:52v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.