The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Menno Van Tilburg finished 1,257th of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:34:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:07Running 1 5:01v median +1:11
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Block 02 8:46Running 2 5:56v median +1:11
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Block 03 10:13Running 3 5:56v median +0:52
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Block 04 11:59Running 4 6:03v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 6:17v median +1:04
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 6:13v median +1:07
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Block 07 15:50Running 7 9:15v median +4:11
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 7:15v median +1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.