The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Gijs Strating & Carolien Verschure at Maastricht 2025: 1:01:41, 5th of 364 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:36 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:20 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:50, was faster than 99% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 2:41 more than the average race this season, going by 606 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:03Running 1 4:17v median −1:14
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Block 02 5:35Running 2 4:02v median −1:22
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Block 03 6:48Running 3 4:07v median −1:31
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Block 04 7:22Running 4 4:13v median −1:32
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Block 05 8:25Running 5 4:12v median −1:50
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 4:11v median −1:41
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Block 07 6:44Running 7 4:13v median −1:40
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Block 08 8:16Running 8 4:30v median −1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:50
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 363
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 363 mixed teams who finished.