The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phil Santiago finished 1,189th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:41:27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:16 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 8:49Running 1 3:58v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:47v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 04 13:40Running 4 5:25v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:48Running 5 5:19v median +0:16
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Block 06 9:23Running 6 5:32v median +0:36
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 08 15:43Running 8 6:00v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:24
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.