The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:39 at Maastricht 2025 put Michael Blackmore & Daan Smink 52nd of 102 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:11 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Maastricht ran slow: the 149 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:08 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 4:07v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:11v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 4:23v median −0:08
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Block 04 8:01Running 4 4:30v median −0:05
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:32v median −0:11
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:28v median −0:11
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:26v median −0:20
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Block 08 9:40Running 8 4:45v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 102
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 102 men's teams who finished.