The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Velings finished 709th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:30:58.
The runs carried this race: faster than 71% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:34Running 1 4:03v median −0:44
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Block 02 5:50Running 2 4:01v median −0:45
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 4:34v median −0:32
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 4:38v median −0:32
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:33v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 5:09v median −0:07
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 5:04v median −0:12
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Block 08 15:30Running 8 5:43v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.