The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:21 at Mechelen 2026 put Mark Gaal 469th of 561 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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
-
Block 01 7:44Running 1 2:58v median −0:40
-
Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:01v median −0:30
-
Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:49v median +0:02
-
Block 04 12:39Running 4 4:30v median −0:19
-
Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:43v median −0:16
-
Block 06 8:30Running 6 4:46v median −0:05
-
Block 07 12:53Running 7 4:52v median +0:03
-
Block 08 18:30Running 8 5:12v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.