The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adrian Stoica finished 557th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:56.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:44Running 1 4:19v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 5:55v median +1:20
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:39v median +0:47
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Block 04 11:00Running 4 5:44v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:13Running 5 6:20v median +1:18
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:56v median +1:02
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 5:51v median +0:59
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Block 08 15:10Running 8 5:58v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.