The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:24 at Rotterdam 2023 put Alex Van de Casteel 228th of 575 men in the Open division, ahead of 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 75% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 45% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:11 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 1:12 more than the average race this season, going by 421 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:15v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:40v median −0:36
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 4:58v median −0:49
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:09v median −0:37
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:32v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:34v median −0:18
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 5:40v median −0:13
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 6:16v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.