The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:22 at Mechelen 2026 put Alex Traas 293rd of 561 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 63% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:37 on the median. A harder second half: 2:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 6:08 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 7:44Running 1 3:36v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:41v median +0:10
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:09v median +0:22
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 5:09v median +0:20
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:22v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:25v median +0:36
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 5:55v median +0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.