The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Libbrecht finished 1,087th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:29:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:21. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 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 8:27Running 1 3:34v median −0:16
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:42v median −0:03
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Block 03 12:15Running 3 5:29v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 5:13v median +0:08
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:44v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:13v median +0:07
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:04v median +0:00
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 5:34v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.