The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Schäfer finished 805th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:33:43.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:47. A harder second half: 4:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Maastricht ran slow: the 1,310 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:40 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:19Running 1 4:49v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 4:51v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 4:52v median −0:14
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Block 04 11:35Running 4 5:13v median +0:03
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Block 05 11:03Running 5 5:31v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:00v median −0:16
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Block 07 12:02Running 7 5:19v median +0:03
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Block 08 17:54Running 8 5:47v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.