sorry the goal is confusing! You need to find the hands to open the gates in the first part of the maze! The ultimate goal is to reach the center of the maze, it's possible to out run the monster if you break it's line of sight to you.
if you keep taking left's in the maze you find the hands and unlock more of the maze.
Id recommend not running too far ahead of the monster, if you get to far away he may choose to ghost through walls and cut you off somewhere