The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Tonks finished 351st of 546 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:34:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 26% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:58. A harder second half: 7:14 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:49Running 1 3:54v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 4:51v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:08v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:07v median −0:07
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:31v median +0:11
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:04v median −0:11
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:15v median +0:01
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Block 08 16:43Running 8 6:42v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:01
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.