The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niek Scheepens finished in the top 10% of the field at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:05:37 for 73rd of 1,620 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:00 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:36 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:33, was faster than 97% 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 7:47Running 1 3:27v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:12v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:37Running 3 4:20v median −0:44
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Block 04 7:52Running 4 4:16v median −0:49
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:16v median −0:57
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 4:06v median −1:00
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Block 07 7:28Running 7 4:02v median −1:02
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 4:26v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1611
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,611 men who finished.