The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:36 at Amsterdam 2026 put Mees Specken & David Van Bommel 508th of 994 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 67% of the field across all eight, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:53 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:22Running 1 4:21v median +0:26
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 5:02v median +0:17
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 5:24v median +0:21
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Block 04 8:25Running 4 5:22v median +0:16
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 5:21v median +0:08
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 5:06v median −0:03
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 5:07v median −0:01
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 6:00v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
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.