The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Hamer & Alex Zwiep finished 509th of 722 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:22:33.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:38 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 0:51 more than the average race this season, going by 499 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:57v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 5:40v median +0:25
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Block 03 8:44Running 3 6:21v median +0:42
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:26v median +0:46
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:30v median +0:40
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:15v median +0:32
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Block 07 9:18Running 7 6:28v median +0:50
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Block 08 10:44Running 8 6:48v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 718
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 718 men's teams who finished.