The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:21 at Mechelen 2026 put Tony Houghton 750th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:24. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 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. 1:14 faster than at Glasgow 2026, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:35Running 1 3:21v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 4:17v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 4:36v median −0:17
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 4:42v median −0:11
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:52v median −0:11
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:10v median +0:14
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 4:52v median −0:02
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Block 08 13:19Running 8 5:41v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:56
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1354
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,354 men who finished.