The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2024, Therese Saenen & Marike van Meerendonk crossed the line in 1:29:19: 278th of 564 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 38% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:31.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:24Running 1 6:37v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:51v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 6:02v median −0:24
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 6:12v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:26v median −0:16
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:28v median −0:10
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 6:32v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:25Running 8 6:58v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 555
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 555 women's teams who finished.