The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arnaud Delsaut finished 461st of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:34:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 29% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:14. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 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 9:03Running 1 4:04v median +0:26
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 4:58v median +0:27
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 5:03v median +0:16
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Block 04 12:24Running 4 5:06v median +0:17
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:17v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:16v median +0:25
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Block 07 12:26Running 7 5:20v median +0:31
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Block 08 15:39Running 8 5:52v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:26
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.