The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laurence Vervloet finished 388th of 575 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:36:18.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 22% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:10 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:47Running 1 3:36v median −0:04
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Block 02 11:37Running 2 8:59v median +3:43
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 6:33v median +0:46
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Block 04 10:22Running 4 5:55v median +0:09
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:25v median +0:24
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:37v median +0:45
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 6:44v median +0:51
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 6:58v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.