The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wessel Nijman finished 1,232nd of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:33:59.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:43. A harder second half: 1:56 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 8:51Running 1 4:19v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:29v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 5:59v median +0:55
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 6:06v median +1:01
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:16v median +1:03
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 6:13v median +1:07
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 6:06v median +1:02
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Block 08 13:42Running 8 7:24v median +1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.