The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Albert Van Der Laan & Fitz Scharbaai finished 546th of 722 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:24:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:12. The race faded late: the second half went 1:46 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 9:46Running 1 5:42v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 5:17v median +0:02
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:30v median −0:09
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 5:37v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 6:07v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:52v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 6:02v median +0:24
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 6:27v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:36
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.