The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mats Radeck finished 295th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:29.
Legs and stations told different stories: 61% of the field beaten on the runs, 36% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 0:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:34Running 1 3:15v median −0:23
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:13v median −0:18
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:36v median −0:11
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 4:39v median −0:10
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Block 05 9:35Running 5 4:47v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 4:46v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:17Running 7 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 08 12:44Running 8 5:22v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
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.