The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Blok finished 813th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:23:29.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:20Running 1 4:16v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:05v median +0:20
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 5:24v median +0:20
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:31v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:58v median +0:45
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:31v median +0:25
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 5:06v median +0:02
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 6:23v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.