The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arthur Besse finished 1,244th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:58:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 9:20 slower than the median. A harder second half: 10:17 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:59Running 1 5:45v median +0:58
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 5:24v median +0:38
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Block 03 12:40Running 3 5:30v median +0:24
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Block 04 14:20Running 4 5:29v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 5:47v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:32v median +0:16
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Block 07 20:04Running 7 5:31v median +0:15
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Block 08 20:03Running 8 6:30v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:25
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.