The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Itsara Meester finished in the top 10% of the field at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:08:11 for 53rd of 608 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. A harder second half: 4:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:03, was faster than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Amsterdam gained about 1:41.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:02Running 1 3:03v median −0:50
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Block 02 5:57Running 2 3:34v median −1:14
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Block 03 7:09Running 3 3:44v median −1:22
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Block 04 7:24Running 4 3:45v median −1:21
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Block 05 8:26Running 5 4:04v median −1:13
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 3:52v median −1:20
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Block 07 8:27Running 7 3:54v median −1:13
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Block 08 11:11Running 8 4:40v median −1:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:03
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 603
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 603 men who finished.