The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sliman Faouzi finished 472nd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:01.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:48. The race faded late: the second half went 3:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Paris 2025 were 6:33 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 8:11Running 1 3:48v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:29v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:09Running 3 4:53v median +0:01
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:21v median +0:19
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 5:22v median +0:28
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Block 07 11:11Running 7 5:26v median +0:34
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Block 08 12:57Running 8 6:21v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:25
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.