The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:22 at Rotterdam 2024 put Mike Vroege 1,065th of 1,380 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:37. The race faded late: the second half went 5:09 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. Mike Vroege's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:54v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 5:44v median +0:35
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 7:30v median +1:49
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Block 04 12:22Running 4 6:31v median +0:51
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Block 05 12:08Running 5 7:12v median +1:18
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:31v median +0:51
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 6:58v median +1:18
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Block 08 15:09Running 8 8:42v median +2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:51
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.