The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dougie Benzie finished 1,244th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:34:39.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled push: 1:09 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:56 behind the median.
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 9:09Running 1 4:38v median +0:48
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:23v median +0:38
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:14v median +1:10
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Block 04 13:37Running 4 6:20v median +1:15
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:07v median +0:54
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:12v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 5:59v median +0:55
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Block 08 15:52Running 8 7:18v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.