The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Douwe Meindertsma & Gerrit Werff finished 203rd of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:31:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:44. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam cost the whole field time: about 1:49 more than the average race this season, going by 175 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:09Running 1 6:21v median +2:13
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 6:07v median +0:33
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 6:17v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 6:33v median +0:35
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 7:13v median +1:06
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 6:28v median +0:26
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 6:18v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:32v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 240
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 240 men's teams who finished.