The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Kuhn finished 498th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:28:54.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:17 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. 0:21 slower than at Vienna 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 3:35v median −0:06
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 4:36v median +0:01
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 4:41v median −0:11
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Block 04 11:16Running 4 4:40v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:49v median −0:13
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:37v median −0:17
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 4:42v median −0:10
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Block 08 17:21Running 8 5:17v median −0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.