The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:12:45 at Mechelen 2026 put Aristote Beniamino 1,344th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:33, behind 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:03v median +1:22
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:44v median +1:07
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Block 03 13:40Running 3 6:18v median +1:25
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Block 04 19:37Running 4 8:23v median +3:30
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 6:55v median +1:52
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Block 06 9:50Running 6 7:08v median +2:12
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 7:25v median +2:31
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Block 08 28:22Running 8 8:56v median +3:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:33
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.