The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Duco Smeekes finished 1,323rd of 1,620 men in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:37:21.
The stations carried this race: faster than 36% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 4:23 faster at Amsterdam 2026 than at Rotterdam 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 4:56v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 5:58v median +1:13
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 6:12v median +1:08
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 6:06v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:25Running 5 6:29v median +1:16
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:23v median +1:17
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Block 07 12:43Running 7 6:18v median +1:14
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Block 08 15:18Running 8 7:27v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.