The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alessio Mattana finished 552nd of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:56:32.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:26 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 10:18Running 1 4:54v median +1:16
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 6:26v median +1:55
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 7:00v median +2:13
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Block 04 14:04Running 4 6:51v median +2:02
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Block 05 12:54Running 5 7:22v median +2:23
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Block 06 9:36Running 6 7:00v median +2:09
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Block 07 17:20Running 7 6:57v median +2:08
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Block 08 17:26Running 8 8:48v median +3:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:26
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.