The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neil De Villiers finished 509th of 584 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:47:23.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:43. The race faded late: the second half went 11:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:58 in the roxzone was slower than 98% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 2:40 more than the average race this season, going by 1,310 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 5:14v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 5:09v median +0:25
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 04 12:51Running 4 6:01v median +0:55
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:25v median +1:04
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 6:34v median +1:24
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 6:41v median +1:32
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Block 08 21:05Running 8 9:37v median +3:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 566
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 566 men who finished.