The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yassine Achahbar finished 429th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:30:35.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:50. The race faded late: the second half went 1:44 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 9:09Running 1 4:03v median +0:25
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 4:59v median +0:28
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Block 03 10:23Running 3 5:34v median +0:47
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 5:11v median +0:22
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:10v median +0:11
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:34v median −0:17
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:09v median +0:20
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Block 08 17:41Running 8 6:18v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.