The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kai Patalla finished in the top 10% of the field at Maastricht 2026, in 1:07:38 for 79th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:48 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:16 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 5:25, ahead of 95% of the field.
This was a slow day in Maastricht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:44. 0:30 slower than at Cologne 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:59Running 1 2:48v median −0:54
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 3:50v median −0:59
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:09v median −1:01
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 4:07v median −1:05
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Block 05 8:59Running 5 4:06v median −1:15
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Block 06 5:49Running 6 3:59v median −1:17
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 4:01v median −1:17
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 4:24v median −1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:25
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.