The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sizwe Mthembu finished in the top 10% of the field at Maastricht 2025, in 1:10:56 for 91st of 1,352 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 3:47 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:16 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:20, was faster than 96% of the field.
This was a slow day in Maastricht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:19v median −0:28
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:15v median −0:31
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 4:26v median −0:40
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 4:28v median −0:42
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:33v median −0:56
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Block 06 6:26Running 6 4:31v median −0:45
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Block 07 8:37Running 7 4:30v median −0:46
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Block 08 9:20Running 8 4:47v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1319
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,319 men who finished.