The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:25 at Mechelen 2026 put Medhi Bianconi 295th of 747 men in the Open division, ahead of 61% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 50% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:49 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 3:31v median −0:10
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:22v median −0:13
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:18v median +0:26
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Block 04 8:32Running 4 4:50v median −0:02
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 06 6:42Running 6 4:58v median +0:04
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Block 07 8:34Running 7 4:55v median +0:03
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 5:10v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:01
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.