The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kees Prins finished 404th of 575 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:37:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:48. A harder second half: 7:02 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 8:38Running 1 3:15v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:43v median −0:33
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Block 03 11:26Running 3 4:50v median −0:57
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Block 04 13:00Running 4 5:02v median −0:44
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:13v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:26v median −0:26
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Block 07 14:23Running 7 5:16v median −0:37
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Block 08 18:50Running 8 5:39v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
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.