The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Smeenk finished 505th of 781 men in the Open division at Maastricht 2024, in 1:31:58.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:36 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Maastricht gave the field time back: about 1:36 faster than the average race this season, by 521 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:11Running 1 5:24v median −0:08
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 5:02v median −0:02
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 5:45v median +0:16
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 5:53v median +0:25
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:38v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:36v median +0:08
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 5:33v median +0:03
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 6:11v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 768
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 768 men who finished.