The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Loris Thomas finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:06:43 for 63rd of 747 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:59 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:57 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:55, was faster than 91% of the field.
The field ran 6:40 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Rome 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 3:11v median −0:30
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Block 02 6:07Running 2 3:58v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:08v median −0:44
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 4:03v median −0:49
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 4:03v median −0:59
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Block 06 5:27Running 6 3:55v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 3:58v median −0:54
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Block 08 9:45Running 8 4:30v median −0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:55
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 743
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 743 men who finished.