The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mats Praast finished 555th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:40.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:57 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 12:54 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 8:04Running 1 3:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:31v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 5:14v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 06 10:39Running 6 7:55v median +3:01
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Block 07 17:01Running 7 6:13v median +1:21
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 6:35v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.