The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hyke Bierma finished 792nd of 1,122 women in the Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:39:49.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:18 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Amsterdam gave the field time back: about 2:51 faster than the average race this season, by 904 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:01Running 1 4:55v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 5:37v median +0:07
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 6:18v median +0:35
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 6:12v median +0:26
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:25v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:40v median +0:54
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 6:02v median +0:18
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Block 08 15:02Running 8 7:22v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:18
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1118
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,118 women who finished.