The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:00 at Mechelen 2026 put Luca Carlomagno 1,115th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 33% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:05 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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
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Block 01 9:17Running 1 4:16v median +0:35
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 4:56v median +0:19
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:24v median +0:31
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:30v median +0:27
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:05v median +0:09
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 5:07v median +0:13
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Block 08 18:38Running 8 5:47v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.