The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:16 at Mechelen 2026 put Ezra Schouls 650th of 747 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 3:17 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:58, behind 86% 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 8:42Running 1 4:03v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 5:32v median +0:57
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:48v median +0:56
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Block 04 13:23Running 4 5:49v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 5:55v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 5:54v median +1:00
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Block 07 13:49Running 7 5:54v median +1:02
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Block 08 17:32Running 8 7:28v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:58
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.