The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:02:00 at Amsterdam 2026 put Finn Van Gelder on the age-group podium: 3rd of 32 in the 16–24 age group.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:30 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:12 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:07, was faster than 95% of the field.
Amsterdam gave the field time back: about 1:38 faster than the average race this season, by 319 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:29Running 1 2:43v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 3:21v median −0:47
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 3:45v median −0:44
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Block 04 6:45Running 4 3:47v median −0:43
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Block 05 7:59Running 5 3:53v median −0:37
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 3:57v median −0:29
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Block 07 7:06Running 7 3:51v median −0:39
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 4:13v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:07
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 243
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 243 men who finished.