The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maarten van Ierschot finished 568th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:25:36.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:53 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:56 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Maastricht ran slow: the 1,153 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 slower here than at their other races. Maarten van Ierschot's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:02Running 1 4:22v median +0:40
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:48v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:43v median +0:31
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Block 05 10:36Running 5 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:33v median +0:17
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:39v median +0:21
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:52v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:43
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.