The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michael van den Bergh finished 382nd of 570 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:33:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Amsterdam gave the field time back: about 1:41 faster than the average race this season, by 1,723 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:42Running 1 4:05v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 4:57v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:07v median +0:01
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 5:11v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:21v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:17v median +0:04
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Block 07 13:40Running 7 5:26v median +0:13
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Block 08 14:59Running 8 6:32v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 568
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 568 men who finished.