The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mourad Lahmer finished 359th of 457 men in the Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:47.
A station race more than a running one: 39% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:20.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:43Running 1 3:43v median +0:30
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:37v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:18v median +1:02
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:39v median +1:20
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 5:50v median +1:27
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:32v median +1:13
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:39v median +1:17
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 6:05v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.