The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mervin Pijnenburg finished 325th of 546 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:32:19.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Maastricht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 4:30v median +0:45
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 5:54v median +0:58
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 6:14v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 6:09v median +0:55
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 6:03v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:02v median +0:47
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Block 07 11:53Running 7 6:01v median +0:47
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Block 08 14:15Running 8 6:26v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.