The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Amaury Gilliot finished 306th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:04.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:40 on the median.
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 8:22Running 1 3:50v median +0:12
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:47v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 5:06v median +0:19
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Block 04 10:19Running 4 5:02v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:08v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:33Running 6 5:04v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:36Running 7 5:17v median +0:28
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Block 08 12:53Running 8 5:56v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.