The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:29 at Maastricht 2026 put Arjen De Smet 96th of 546 men in the Open division, ahead of 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:20 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:24, 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. 4:24 slower than at Rotterdam 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:23Running 1 2:52v median −0:53
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 3:55v median −1:01
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 4:19v median −1:00
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Block 04 9:01Running 4 4:12v median −1:02
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Block 05 9:03Running 5 4:18v median −1:02
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:12v median −1:03
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Block 07 8:16Running 7 4:17v median −0:57
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 4:43v median −1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:24
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.