The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sander van Nieuwenhuijzen finished 470th of 575 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:43:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:40 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 8:42Running 1 3:35v median −0:05
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Block 02 8:30Running 2 5:26v median +0:10
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 6:02v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:00Running 4 5:48v median +0:02
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 6:13v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:19v median +0:27
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Block 07 14:20Running 7 6:18v median +0:25
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Block 08 15:49Running 8 6:27v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:56
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.