The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:44 at Mechelen 2026 put Mike Mcauliffe 1,331st of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The wall balls cost the most time: 7:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 11:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:40 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both. That was 4:34 off the time at Chicago 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:25Running 1 4:49v median +1:08
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 6:06v median +1:29
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Block 03 12:39Running 3 6:05v median +1:12
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Block 04 16:10Running 4 6:38v median +1:45
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 7:11v median +2:08
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Block 06 10:15Running 6 7:33v median +2:37
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Block 07 16:42Running 7 7:42v median +2:48
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Block 08 24:28Running 8 9:53v median +4:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:40
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.