The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jorge Lopez Martinez finished 554th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:37.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:39. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:29Running 1 4:04v median +0:23
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:22v median +0:47
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 5:57v median +1:05
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Block 04 11:30Running 4 6:08v median +1:16
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Block 05 10:54Running 5 6:04v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:24Running 7 5:48v median +0:56
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Block 08 14:05Running 8 6:20v median +0:57
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.