The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matij Mersch took 3rd of 209 in the 40–44 age group at Amsterdam 2026, in 1:03:05.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:50 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:34 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:23, ahead of 99% of the field.
The field ran 7:59 faster at Amsterdam 2026 than at Maastricht 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:19v median −0:31
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:04v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:20Running 3 4:08v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:42Running 4 4:08v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:08v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:37Running 6 4:01v median −1:05
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 3:59v median −1:05
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Block 08 8:32Running 8 4:25v median −1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1611
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,611 men who finished.