The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Birch finished 1,239th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:34:30.
The wall balls cost the most time: 3:33 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:28Running 1 3:56v median +0:06
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Block 02 9:05Running 2 5:06v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:59Running 3 5:23v median +0:19
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 5:32v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:48v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:44v median +0:38
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 5:31v median +0:27
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Block 08 16:30Running 8 6:00v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.