The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luuk Pels & Ethan Esserhorsham finished 216th of 249 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:34:43.
A station race more than a running one: 73% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the row: 0:32 on the median. A harder second half: 2:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran slow: the 175 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:38v median −0:30
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 8:22v median +2:48
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 8:34v median +2:40
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 9:11v median +3:13
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Block 05 13:08Running 5 9:19v median +3:12
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Block 06 10:58Running 6 9:01v median +2:59
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 8:55v median +2:54
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Block 08 12:37Running 8 8:56v median +2:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.