The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:30 at Mechelen 2026 won the 55–59 age group for Marco Schneider, first of 27.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 58% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:57 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races. Marco Schneider's fastest of 4 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:01Running 1 3:44v median +0:03
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 4:35v median −0:02
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:42v median −0:11
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 4:38v median −0:15
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:53v median −0:10
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:46v median −0:10
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 5:16v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.