The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:27 at Maastricht 2026 put Bjarg van der Staak 725th of 1,119 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:20Running 1 3:49v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 5:03v median +0:14
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 5:39v median +0:29
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 5:39v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:39v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:41v median +0:25
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:38v median +0:20
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Block 08 16:24Running 8 8:51v median +2:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
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.