The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:22 at Mechelen 2026 put Weilin Lu 514th of 561 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:27 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:26, behind 99% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 3:26v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 4:37v median +0:06
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 4:59v median +0:12
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 4:53v median +0:04
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:07v median +0:08
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 7:22v median +2:31
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 6:21v median +1:32
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 5:12v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:26
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.