The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mattéo Laurenço finished 239th of 457 men in the Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:25.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:51 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:00 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Gent 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:51Running 1 2:41v median −0:32
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 3:28v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:47Running 3 4:00v median −0:16
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Block 04 7:27Running 4 3:46v median −0:33
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Block 05 8:27Running 5 3:43v median −0:40
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 3:41v median −0:38
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Block 07 8:06Running 7 3:42v median −0:40
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 4:09v median −0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:36
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.