The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicolás Silva finished 324th of 457 men in the Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:26.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:34 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:02. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:20 faster than the average race this season, by 322 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 3:18 on Bordeaux 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:01v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 3:49v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 4:40v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 4:38v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:35v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 4:48v median +0:29
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 4:17v median −0:05
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Block 08 13:46Running 8 5:24v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 455
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 455 men who finished.