The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thaddee Adam finished in the top 10% of the field at Maastricht 2026, in 1:10:16 for 53rd of 546 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 66% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:25 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:13, was faster than 97% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 0:44 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:50Running 1 2:39v median −1:06
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 3:28v median −1:28
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 3:52v median −1:27
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 3:49v median −1:25
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Block 05 8:16Running 5 3:52v median −1:28
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 3:58v median −1:17
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 3:58v median −1:16
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Block 08 10:34Running 8 4:23v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:13
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.