The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:40 at Mechelen 2026 put Gianmarco Palermo 515th of 1,363 men in the Open division, ahead of 62% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 81% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:24 behind the median.
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 7:32Running 1 3:03v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:07v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 4:29v median −0:24
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 4:31v median −0:22
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 4:26v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:12Running 6 4:13v median −0:43
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 4:06v median −0:48
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 4:52v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.