The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michel Riemersma finished in the top 10% of the field at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:10:45 for 38th of 575 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 65% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:18 ahead of the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:01, ahead of 95% of the field.
Rotterdam ran slow: the 421 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 2:55v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 3:56v median −1:20
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Block 03 8:24Running 3 4:10v median −1:37
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 4:10v median −1:36
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:46v median −1:15
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:04v median −1:48
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:12v median −1:41
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 4:12v median −2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 men who finished.