The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Damien van den Brink & Jos Van Toorn finished in the top 10% of the field at Amsterdam 2026, in 58:57 for 13th of 344 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:26, was faster than 98% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Amsterdam gained about 1:52.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:56Running 1 3:15v median −0:52
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Block 02 5:30Running 2 3:52v median −1:01
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Block 03 6:58Running 3 4:06v median −1:02
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Block 04 6:31Running 4 4:05v median −1:07
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Block 05 8:16Running 5 4:13v median −1:10
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Block 06 5:26Running 6 4:08v median −1:08
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Block 07 6:46Running 7 4:08v median −1:06
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Block 08 8:14Running 8 4:28v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 342
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 342 men's teams who finished.