The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:40 at Mechelen 2026 put Tom Letren 316th of 561 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 62% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:30. The race faded late: the second half went 4:35 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 7:50Running 1 3:31v median −0:07
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:07v median −0:24
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:24v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 4:27v median −0:22
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:55v median −0:04
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 4:33v median −0:18
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 4:27v median −0:22
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Block 08 15:00Running 8 5:57v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.