The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thomas Stéphan finished 589th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:36:42.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:51. A harder second half: 2:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:47 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Bordeaux 2025 were 5:37 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 9:01Running 1 4:08v median +0:27
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:24v median +0:49
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 5:29v median +0:37
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 5:26v median +0:34
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 5:35v median +0:41
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 5:27v median +0:35
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Block 08 14:11Running 8 6:11v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:47
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.