The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sven Aerts at Maastricht 2026: 1:06:32, 25th of 546 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:45 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:57 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:22, was faster than 95% of the field.
This was a slow day in Maastricht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:44. 2:31 slower than at Amsterdam 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:51Running 1 2:44v median −1:01
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:33v median −1:23
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 3:47v median −1:32
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 3:46v median −1:28
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 3:49v median −1:31
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Block 06 5:26Running 6 3:47v median −1:28
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Block 07 7:54Running 7 3:51v median −1:23
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Block 08 9:34Running 8 4:16v median −1:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.