The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sammy Mahdi finished 988th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:47:32.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:41 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:30 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:03Running 1 4:17v median +0:35
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 5:53v median +1:04
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 5:50v median +0:40
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:22v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:37v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 6:23v median +1:07
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Block 07 15:31Running 7 6:44v median +1:26
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Block 08 18:03Running 8 8:01v median +2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.