The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lars Bosch finished 529th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:15.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:34 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 5:23 better against the middle of the field 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 9:46Running 1 4:54v median +1:13
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 6:00v median +1:25
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 6:02v median +1:10
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 6:12v median +1:20
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:59v median +0:57
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:56v median +1:02
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:34v median +0:42
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Block 08 12:18Running 8 6:05v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.