The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Arnaud Serret-Larmande finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:08:25 for 138th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:42 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:54, was faster than 94% of the field.
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 7:07Running 1 2:42v median −0:59
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 3:37v median −1:00
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 3:54v median −0:59
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Block 04 7:52Running 4 3:53v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 3:55v median −1:08
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Block 06 5:43Running 6 3:48v median −1:08
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Block 07 7:41Running 7 3:42v median −1:12
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 3:56v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:54
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.