The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:24 at Mechelen 2026 put Lasith Ranasinghe 1,026th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:34. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and London Excel 2025 were 3:20 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:30Running 1 3:56v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 4:57v median +0:20
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:15Running 4 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:58v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:00v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 4:51v median −0:03
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Block 08 14:35Running 8 5:17v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.