The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pierre Bruant finished 291st of 457 men in the Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:30.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:45. The race faded late: the second half went 1:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Maastricht 2025 were 7:13 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:35v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:22v median +0:21
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 4:30v median +0:14
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 4:36v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:47v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 4:54v median +0:35
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 5:01v median +0:39
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 5:28v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.