The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:29 at Maastricht 2026 put Francis Van den Eng 953rd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:47. A harder second half: 1:49 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 9:34Running 1 4:40v median +0:58
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 6:07v median +1:18
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 6:47v median +1:37
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 6:44v median +1:32
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:49v median +1:28
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 7:11v median +1:55
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Block 07 14:01Running 7 7:08v median +1:50
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Block 08 15:50Running 8 7:43v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:30
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.