The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Verhaar finished 494th of 575 men in the Open division at Rotterdam 2023, in 1:47:32.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Rotterdam ran slow: the 421 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 4:50v median +1:10
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Block 02 10:48Running 2 6:20v median +1:04
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Block 03 11:57Running 3 6:14v median +0:27
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Block 04 13:13Running 4 6:06v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:42v median +0:41
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 6:23v median +0:31
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Block 07 15:25Running 7 6:52v median +0:59
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Block 08 17:22Running 8 7:45v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.