The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:29 at Maastricht 2025 put Kaj Merkelbag 1,145th of 1,352 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:16 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:15, behind 90% 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. 5:49 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:07Running 1 5:27v median +0:40
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:40v median +0:54
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 5:45v median +0:39
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 6:04v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:28v median +0:59
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:00v median +0:44
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Block 07 15:47Running 7 6:18v median +1:02
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Block 08 17:55Running 8 7:46v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:15
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.