The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dai Jones finished 223rd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:04, faster than 70% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:45 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 0:40 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:17v median −0:24
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:02v median −0:33
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:24v median −0:28
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 4:26v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:38v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:24v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 4:24v median −0:28
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Block 08 12:24Running 8 4:57v median −0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 743
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 743 men who finished.