The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Kota Sakai 528th of 747 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:40 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 7:55Running 1 3:21v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:26v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 4:39v median −0:13
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:09v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 4:44v median −0:10
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 5:09v median +0:17
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Block 08 15:27Running 8 6:36v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:40
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.