The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:29 at Rotterdam 2024 put Sander van der Aa 1,047th of 1,380 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 19% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:56. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Rotterdam 2024 and Rotterdam 2023 were 3:03 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:49Running 1 6:44v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 6:26v median +1:17
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Block 03 12:43Running 3 6:39v median +0:58
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 6:36v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:43Running 5 6:33v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:24v median +0:44
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Block 07 11:55Running 7 6:35v median +0:55
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Block 08 12:47Running 8 7:07v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:25
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.