The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Vaes finished 561st of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:25:15.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:16. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 worse 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 7:16Running 1 3:05v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:18v median −0:31
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 4:54v median −0:16
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 4:55v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:00v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:33Running 6 5:02v median −0:14
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Block 07 10:37Running 7 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 5:45v median −0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:49
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.