The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leon Küster finished 504th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:23:18, faster than 55% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:49 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Maastricht ran slow: the 1,153 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:28v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 4:27v median −0:22
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 4:45v median −0:25
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 5:04v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 4:50v median −0:31
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Block 06 6:37Running 6 4:38v median −0:38
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 4:46v median −0:32
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Block 08 12:27Running 8 5:10v median −0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.