The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Mechelen 2026, arthur leruse crossed the line in 1:14:32: 332nd of 1,363 men, faster than 76% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 86% of the field across all eight, against 63% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:51 on the median. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 3:00v median −0:41
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Block 02 7:02Running 2 4:17v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:37v median −0:16
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Block 04 8:18Running 4 4:30v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:43v median −0:20
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Block 06 6:45Running 6 4:46v median −0:10
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Block 07 9:10Running 7 4:52v median −0:02
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:57v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.