The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gino RATSIMANDRESY finished 503rd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:08.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:21. A harder second half: 1:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:29v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 4:55v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:25v median +0:31
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 5:24v median +0:32
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Block 08 12:36Running 8 5:51v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.