The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Massimo Bastianelli finished 471st of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:35:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:28. A harder second half: 2:47 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Massimo Bastianelli.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:15Running 1 3:46v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:40v median +0:09
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 4:52v median +0:05
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Block 04 15:02Running 4 5:24v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:34v median +0:35
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:13v median +0:22
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:07v median +0:18
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 5:56v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.