The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matheo Ferré finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:06:22 for 80th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:49 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:03 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:12Running 1 3:08v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:06Running 2 4:08v median −0:29
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Block 03 6:58Running 3 4:16v median −0:37
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Block 04 8:04Running 4 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 05 8:29Running 5 4:19v median −0:44
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Block 06 5:33Running 6 4:08v median −0:48
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Block 07 7:18Running 7 4:09v median −0:45
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Block 08 10:03Running 8 4:26v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:47
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1354
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,354 men who finished.