The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nick Brouwer finished 986th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:27:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:06Running 1 3:39v median −0:11
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 4:42v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:09v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:04Running 4 4:49v median −0:16
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 5:03v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:02v median −0:04
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Block 07 11:28Running 7 4:55v median −0:09
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Block 08 15:33Running 8 5:31v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:17
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.