The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rene Van Veen finished 1,040th of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 1:53:44.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:24 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. That was 9:03 off the time at Amsterdam 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:50Running 1 4:43v median +1:01
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Block 02 10:23Running 2 6:26v median +1:37
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 6:43v median +1:33
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 6:55v median +1:43
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 6:45v median +1:24
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 6:39v median +1:23
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Block 07 14:30Running 7 6:49v median +1:31
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Block 08 19:25Running 8 8:52v median +2:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:46
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.