The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeroen Bluiminck finished 994th of 1,380 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2024, in 1:39:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:10. A harder second half: 1:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:28Running 1 5:40v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:18v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:45v median +0:04
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Block 04 13:41Running 4 5:48v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:52v median −0:02
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 5:39v median −0:01
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 5:40v median +0:00
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 6:38v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:05
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.