The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joël Vandeberg finished 877th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:39:31.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:31Running 1 3:55v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:04Running 2 5:02v median +0:13
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:16v median +0:06
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Block 04 14:25Running 4 5:23v median +0:11
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:38v median +0:17
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Block 06 9:54Running 6 6:21v median +1:05
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Block 07 14:04Running 7 6:06v median +0:48
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 5:57v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.