The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Geessink finished 1,066th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:43:50.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:52 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 2:40 more than the average race this season, going by 1,310 athletes who raced both. That was 1:22 off the time at Amsterdam 2024.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 5:06v median +0:19
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Block 02 8:11Running 2 4:58v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:42Running 3 5:24v median +0:18
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Block 04 14:45Running 4 5:40v median +0:30
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 5:49v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:44v median +0:28
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Block 07 14:51Running 7 5:46v median +0:30
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Block 08 17:44Running 8 6:39v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.