The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:41 at Rotterdam 2023 put Sean Kelly 418th of 575 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 12% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:03. A harder second half: 9:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Rotterdam. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 1:12. 2:48 slower than at Birmingham 2021, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 3:28v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:59Running 2 5:06v median −0:10
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 6:04v median +0:17
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:40v median −0:06
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:03v median +0:02
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Block 06 9:05Running 6 6:20v median +0:28
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 6:00v median +0:07
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Block 08 18:09Running 8 5:43v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.