The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thierry Van Gastel & Jurgen Van Kaathoven finished 656th of 994 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:16:07.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 29% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:09 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:13Running 1 4:25v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 5:11v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 5:36v median +0:33
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 5:37v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:45v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:41v median +0:32
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:16v median +0:08
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 6:06v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:16
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.