The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Amsterdam 2026, Sem Menzinga & Sjoerd Knol crossed the line in 1:08:12: 304th of 994 men's teams, faster than 69% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 74% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median.
Amsterdam ran fast: the 1,001 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:52 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:34v median −0:21
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:24v median −0:21
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Block 03 7:57Running 3 4:31v median −0:32
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Block 04 7:45Running 4 4:35v median −0:31
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:54v median −0:19
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:49v median −0:20
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 4:50v median −0:18
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 5:13v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 994
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 994 men's teams who finished.