The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:45 at Mechelen 2026 put Fabrizio Amicizia 1,272nd of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 26% of the field beaten on the runs, 3% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:15 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:00 better 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 9:04Running 1 3:54v median +0:13
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Block 02 10:48Running 2 4:57v median +0:20
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 5:34v median +0:41
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Block 04 16:05Running 4 5:30v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:37v median +0:34
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 5:27v median +0:31
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 5:21v median +0:27
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Block 08 18:20Running 8 6:19v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.