The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Bennink finished 1,101st of 1,119 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2026, in 2:18:19.
The runs carried this race: faster than 30% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 1% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 23:39. A harder second half: 25:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Maastricht. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:53Running 1 4:17v median +0:35
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 5:07v median +0:18
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Block 03 12:54Running 3 5:31v median +0:21
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Block 04 15:48Running 4 5:30v median +0:18
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 5:56v median +0:35
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 5:41v median +0:25
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Block 07 34:32Running 7 5:47v median +0:29
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Block 08 23:37Running 8 6:57v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:38
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.