The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:38 at Amsterdam 2026 put Gavin Welter & Luuk Meuleman 202nd of 342 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:13 from the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:15Running 1 4:30v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:27v median +0:41
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 5:30v median +0:29
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 5:26v median +0:22
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:32v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:28v median +0:20
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Block 07 8:53Running 7 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 08 9:30Running 8 5:22v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 339
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 339 men's teams who finished.