The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Piet Borsboom finished 273rd of 394 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:33:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:56 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 0:44 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both. That was 4:26 off the time at Rotterdam 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 4:16v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:42Running 2 5:12v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:25Running 3 5:16v median +0:01
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 5:14v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:13v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:18Running 6 5:21v median +0:02
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Block 07 11:50Running 7 5:16v median −0:02
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 5:50v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:18
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.