The race, in three figures
The race, in words
José Luis Mercado Ortega finished 728th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:31:36.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:53 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:24. The race faded late: the second half went 3:28 worse 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. José Luis Mercado Ortega's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 4:08v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:29v median +0:40
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:25v median +0:15
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:59v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:52v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:41v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:48Running 7 5:49v median +0:31
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 6:40v median +0:39
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.