The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:39 at Maastricht 2026 put Mike Waddington 400th of 546 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:12 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. 12:43 slower than at Cardiff 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:50Running 1 3:11v median −0:34
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 4:31v median −0:25
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 4:51v median −0:28
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 5:02v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:09v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:06v median −0:09
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Block 07 14:11Running 7 5:06v median −0:08
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Block 08 21:03Running 8 5:43v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.