The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andrea Bertocchini finished 700th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:54:29.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:24. A harder second half: 9:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:46 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Frankfurt 2024 were 4:54 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 4:07v median +0:26
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 5:40v median +1:05
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 6:24v median +1:32
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Block 04 13:27Running 4 6:33v median +1:41
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:51v median +1:49
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Block 06 9:21Running 6 6:33v median +1:39
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Block 07 15:12Running 7 7:00v median +2:08
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Block 08 20:39Running 8 10:28v median +5:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:46
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.