The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Deston Verstraeten took 2nd of 203 in the 25–29 age group at Maastricht 2026, in 1:01:15.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:36 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:27 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:41, was faster than 99% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 0:44 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 5:10 on Rotterdam 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:34Running 1 2:38v median −1:04
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 3:39v median −1:10
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Block 03 6:45Running 3 3:48v median −1:22
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 3:47v median −1:25
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Block 05 7:49Running 5 3:50v median −1:31
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 3:53v median −1:23
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Block 07 7:33Running 7 3:55v median −1:23
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Block 08 8:20Running 8 4:11v median −1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 916
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 916 men who finished.