The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:34 at Mechelen 2026 put David Giraldo 661st of 747 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:12 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:58 better against the middle of the field than the first. 11:30 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. David Giraldo's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 3:51v median +0:10
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 5:11v median +0:36
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Block 03 13:22Running 3 5:53v median +1:01
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Block 04 14:23Running 4 6:03v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 5:41v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:43v median +0:49
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 5:34v median +0:42
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 5:47v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:30
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.