The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:58 at Maastricht 2026 put Chico Van Vlimmeren 205th of 394 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 64% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 1:47 slower at Maastricht 2026 than at Mechelen 2026, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 2:53v median −0:56
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 4:25v median −0:31
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 5:23v median +0:08
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Block 04 11:59Running 4 5:13v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:15v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:12v median −0:07
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Block 07 12:23Running 7 5:03v median −0:15
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 5:38v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 388
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 388 men who finished.