The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Raczek finished 1,196th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:41:57.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:15Running 1 3:43v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 5:11v median +0:34
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 5:46v median +0:53
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 5:54v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:14v median +1:11
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:50v median +0:54
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 5:50v median +0:56
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Block 08 14:45Running 8 6:41v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.