The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luc Gootzen finished 1,119th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:37:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 4:34v median −0:03
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Block 03 11:15Running 3 5:04v median +0:11
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Block 04 14:00Running 4 5:07v median +0:14
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:27v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:19v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 6:13v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
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.