The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lesley Fraats finished 317th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Maastricht 2025 were 8:19 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 7:58Running 1 3:46v median +0:08
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:39v median +0:08
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:01v median +0:14
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Block 04 11:37Running 4 5:03v median +0:14
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:33v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:31v median +0:40
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:31v median +0:42
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Block 08 12:23Running 8 6:31v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.