The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Janne Salminen finished 940th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:43:24.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 6:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:37 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Maastricht cost the whole field time: about 0:44 more than the average race this season, going by 1,153 athletes who raced both. 17:31 slower than at Helsinki 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:58v median +0:16
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 5:29v median +0:40
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 6:31v median +1:21
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:01v median +0:49
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 7:01v median +1:40
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 6:50v median +1:34
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Block 07 13:43Running 7 6:44v median +1:26
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Block 08 17:04Running 8 9:34v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:37
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.