The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kevin Delforge finished 356th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:15.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:49. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 2:52v median −0:46
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 3:55v median −0:36
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 4:36v median −0:11
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 4:49v median +0:00
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:15v median +0:16
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:43v median −0:08
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 4:23v median −0:26
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Block 08 14:07Running 8 4:45v median −0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.