The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:56 at Mechelen 2026 put Benoit NDOUGSA on the age-group podium: 2nd of 51 in the 50–54 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:14 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:17 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:58, was faster than 93% of the field.
The field ran 6:33 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Paris 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:01v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 3:59v median −0:38
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:04v median −0:49
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 3:55v median −0:58
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Block 05 9:02Running 5 4:15v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:11Running 6 4:09v median −0:47
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:09v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:24v median −1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.