The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Antoine Markey finished 699th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:54:27.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:02. A harder second half: 5:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:04 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
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 9:37Running 1 5:06v median +1:25
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 6:19v median +1:44
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Block 03 10:53Running 3 6:29v median +1:37
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Block 04 16:14Running 4 6:51v median +1:59
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:35v median +2:33
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:56v median +2:02
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 6:43v median +1:51
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Block 08 20:12Running 8 8:23v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:04
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.