The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gijsbert Van De Vuurst took 2nd of 77 in the 40–44 age group at Maastricht 2026, in 1:05:57.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:43 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:04 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:41, was faster than 99% of the field.
The field ran 1:49 faster at Maastricht 2026 than at Gent 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:54Running 1 2:45v median −1:00
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:32v median −1:24
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Block 03 7:49Running 3 3:47v median −1:32
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 3:43v median −1:31
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Block 05 8:23Running 5 3:50v median −1:30
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Block 06 5:28Running 6 3:46v median −1:29
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Block 07 7:15Running 7 3:39v median −1:35
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Block 08 10:17Running 8 3:53v median −1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 534
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 534 men who finished.