The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sylvain Landi finished 519th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:30:21.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:07 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:03 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 8:13Running 1 3:47v median +0:06
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:08v median +0:33
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:38v median +0:46
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 5:46v median +0:54
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Block 05 11:17Running 5 6:38v median +1:36
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 5:54v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 5:36v median +0:44
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 6:19v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:07
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.