The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joost de Bruyn took 3rd of 16 in the 60–64 age group at Gdansk 2026, in 1:28:13.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:39. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
That was 7:04 off the time at Heerenveen 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:52v median −0:08
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 4:36v median −0:19
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:02v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 4:54v median −0:33
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:11v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 5:11v median −0:06
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Block 08 18:00Running 8 6:09v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1343
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,343 men who finished.