The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Amsterdam 2026, suzanne van mierlo & babs verduijn crossed the line in 1:14:32: 136th of 1,030 women's teams, faster than 87% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 96% of the field beaten on the stations, against 72% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:33, was faster than 93% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Amsterdam gained about 2:34.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:10v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:00v median −0:47
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 5:24v median −0:36
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 5:42v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:43v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:40v median −0:29
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 5:57v median −0:10
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 6:29v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1029
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,029 women's teams who finished.