The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Antoine Marque finished 622nd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:39:14.
A station race more than a running one: 29% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:41v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 5:37v median +1:02
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:10v median +1:18
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 6:40v median +1:48
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:51v median +1:49
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 6:31v median +1:37
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Block 07 13:31Running 7 6:27v median +1:35
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Block 08 14:22Running 8 7:27v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.