The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:50 at Mechelen 2026 put Fritz Grobien 217th of 457 men in the Pro division, ahead of 53% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:36 on the median. The roxzone cost time: 10:15, behind 96% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:20 faster than the average race this season, by 322 athletes who raced both. That was 10:03 off the time at Berlin 2025.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:05Running 1 2:58v median −0:15
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 3:46v median −0:15
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 4:14v median −0:02
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 4:12v median −0:07
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:05v median −0:18
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:23v median +0:04
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Block 07 7:27Running 7 4:22v median +0:00
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Block 08 10:44Running 8 5:25v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 455
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 455 men who finished.