The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gustavo Gesser finished 730th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:05:18.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 11:36. The race faded late: the second half went 19:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:09 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 9:10Running 1 4:08v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:56Running 2 5:15v median +0:40
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 5:23v median +0:31
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Block 04 15:52Running 4 5:42v median +0:50
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:09v median +1:07
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 6:01v median +1:07
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 6:23v median +1:31
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Block 08 30:18Running 8 11:55v median +6:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:09
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.