The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:51 at Maastricht 2026 put Kai Schmitz 1,082nd of 1,119 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:19, behind 92% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 3:56v median +0:14
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 5:54v median +1:05
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Block 03 15:11Running 3 8:08v median +2:58
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Block 04 17:18Running 4 9:47v median +4:35
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:53v median +1:32
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Block 06 11:42Running 6 7:15v median +1:59
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Block 07 17:37Running 7 7:26v median +2:08
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Block 08 21:57Running 8 10:11v median +4:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:19
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.