The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:51 at Maastricht 2026 put Pieter Jan Smit 346th of 546 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 56% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:39. Stronger after halfway: 1:54 better against the middle of the field 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 3:45v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 4:47v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 04 14:49Running 4 5:18v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:11v median −0:09
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Block 06 6:51Running 6 5:08v median −0:07
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:14v median +0:00
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Block 08 17:19Running 8 5:37v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.