The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arthur Talakua finished 351st of 394 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:48:46.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:06 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 9:04Running 1 4:15v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:14v median +0:18
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 5:52v median +0:37
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Block 04 15:24Running 4 6:10v median +0:53
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:22v median +0:58
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 6:30v median +1:11
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Block 07 13:35Running 7 6:48v median +1:30
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Block 08 19:12Running 8 8:00v median +2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:48
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.