The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Markus Steinmetz finished 966th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:39:36.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:20. The race faded late: the second half went 5:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:47Running 1 5:21v median +0:34
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:09v median +0:23
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 5:18v median +0:12
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 5:33v median +0:23
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:37v median +0:21
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Block 07 11:59Running 7 5:13v median −0:03
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Block 08 20:47Running 8 6:07v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
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.