The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:54 at Mechelen 2026 put Sven Caspary 937th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:42 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:23 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. Sven Caspary's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 4:47v median +1:06
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:35v median +0:58
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 5:44v median +0:51
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 5:48v median +0:55
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 5:49v median +0:46
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:44v median +0:48
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:42v median +0:48
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 6:18v median +0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:21
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.