The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jafeth Bekx finished 474th of 546 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:49:30.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:29 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:23 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. 9:54 slower than at Amsterdam 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 3:44v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:35Running 2 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 5:33v median +0:14
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Block 04 14:39Running 4 5:34v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:45v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 5:46v median +0:31
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Block 07 15:57Running 7 5:56v median +0:42
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Block 08 19:54Running 8 7:22v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:46
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.