The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Rotterdam 2023, Merel Pikart & Sandra De Vries crossed the line in 1:24:16: 86th of 222 women's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:06. The race faded late: the second half went 3:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Rotterdam ran slow: the 152 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:17 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:33v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 6:07v median −0:19
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 6:07v median −0:39
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Block 04 10:35Running 4 6:06v median −0:48
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:19v median −0:44
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:11v median −0:47
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 6:13v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:32Running 8 6:16v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 217
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 217 women's teams who finished.