The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marc Edery finished 501st of 608 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:38:33.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:23 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:24 in the roxzone was slower 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. 0:54 slower than at Cape Town 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 3:59v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:25v median +0:37
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:43v median +1:37
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 5:56v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:33v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 6:33v median +1:21
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 6:14v median +1:07
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Block 08 15:46Running 8 7:33v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:24
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.