The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Demi van der Ster & Roy van Vliet finished 251st of 364 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Maastricht 2025, in 1:30:37.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Maastricht ran slow: the 606 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:41 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:12Running 1 5:09v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:39v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:42v median +0:04
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Block 04 9:50Running 4 6:08v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:51v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 7:10v median +1:18
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 6:43v median +0:50
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 7:49v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.