The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thierry Van Steen finished 1,318th of 1,352 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 2:16:13.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 8:48 slower than the median. A harder second half: 11:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:51 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
The field ran 1:22 slower at Maastricht 2025 than at Belgium 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:01Running 1 6:06v median +1:19
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Block 02 11:10Running 2 6:20v median +1:34
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Block 03 15:01Running 3 6:23v median +1:17
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Block 04 17:38Running 4 6:57v median +1:47
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Block 05 13:16Running 5 7:23v median +1:54
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Block 06 11:30Running 6 7:26v median +2:10
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Block 07 21:34Running 7 7:33v median +2:17
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Block 08 24:19Running 8 9:55v median +3:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.