The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bas Smit & Tijn Blokzijl finished 188th of 344 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:15:07.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:50 on the median. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Amsterdam gave the field time back: about 1:52 faster than the average race this season, by 1,001 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 4:13v median +0:06
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 03 8:30Running 3 5:18v median +0:10
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 5:28v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:35v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:39v median +0:23
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 5:34v median +0:20
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Block 08 10:58Running 8 6:11v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.