The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:34 at Mechelen 2026 put Olivier Tayeta 600th of 747 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:22. The race faded late: the second half went 12:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:06v median −0:35
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 3:51v median −0:44
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 3:55v median −0:57
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 4:08v median −0:44
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:12v median −0:50
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 3:55v median −0:59
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Block 07 15:45Running 7 8:58v median +4:06
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Block 08 19:41Running 8 7:32v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
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.