The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jos Van Der Velden finished 1,299th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 2:08:04.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 6:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:30 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Maastricht ran slow: the 1,310 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:40 slower here than at their other races. 11:59 slower than at Rotterdam 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:18Running 1 6:19v median +1:32
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:55v median +1:09
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:59v median +0:53
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Block 04 19:01Running 4 6:14v median +1:04
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 8:40v median +3:11
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Block 06 10:24Running 6 7:16v median +2:00
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Block 07 16:04Running 7 7:24v median +2:08
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Block 08 24:45Running 8 11:29v median +5:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:30
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.