The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:13 at Mechelen 2026 put Cesar Gomez 1,040th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:14. The race faded late: the second half went 7:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both. That was 2:04 off the time at Guadalajara 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:28v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:41v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 4:53v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 5:03v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:07v median +0:11
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 08 17:54Running 8 5:54v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:54
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.