The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael Van Och finished 766th of 1,380 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:33:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 53% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:32 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 9:42Running 1 5:08v median −0:15
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 5:03v median −0:06
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:37v median −0:04
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 5:31v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:45v median −0:09
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Block 06 9:01Running 6 5:51v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 5:58v median +0:18
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Block 08 12:55Running 8 6:30v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.