The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melvin Lips finished 218th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:14:06, faster than 81% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 53% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:54 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:36 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:57Running 1 3:37v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:56v median +0:07
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 5:20v median +0:10
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Block 04 8:20Running 4 5:15v median +0:03
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Block 05 9:40Running 5 5:08v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:00Running 6 5:11v median −0:05
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 5:12v median −0:06
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Block 08 9:23Running 8 5:32v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
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.