The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tudor Dragancea finished 1,076th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:34:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:18 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:11v median +0:30
-
Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:00v median +0:23
-
Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:29v median +0:36
-
Block 04 11:25Running 4 5:28v median +0:35
-
Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:09v median +1:06
-
Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:34v median +0:38
-
Block 07 11:30Running 7 5:43v median +0:49
-
Block 08 17:49Running 8 6:49v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.