The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:11 at Maastricht 2026 put Maarten Essers & Amy Essers-Ellenbroek 564th of 687 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:49Running 1 5:10v median +0:52
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:11v median +0:42
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 6:05v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 6:03v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:04v median +0:08
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:20v median +0:23
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Block 07 13:39Running 7 6:33v median +0:30
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 6:39v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 491
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 491 mixed teams who finished.