The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:20 at Mechelen 2026 put Ismaël Bouhmidi 356th of 747 men in the Open division, ahead of 52% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 37% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 0:34 on the median.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Maastricht 2025 were 8:19 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 8:06Running 1 3:49v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:07v median +0:32
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 5:08v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:12Running 4 5:05v median +0:13
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 5:20v median +0:18
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Block 06 6:43Running 6 5:11v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 5:35v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.