The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:12 at Maastricht 2025 put Niels De Jong & Joel Van Wijngaarden 121st of 131 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:44 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:21 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 2:08 more than the average race this season, going by 149 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 5:15v median +0:52
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:25v median +1:09
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 6:05v median +1:29
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Block 04 10:34Running 4 6:43v median +2:00
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:27v median +2:40
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 7:35v median +2:49
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Block 07 10:51Running 7 6:36v median +1:49
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 7:14v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 131
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 131 men's teams who finished.