The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:23:46 at Mechelen 2026 put Pascal Schmitt 726th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 73% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:20. The race faded late: the second half went 4:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 5:02 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Cologne 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:40Running 1 3:08v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 3:56v median −0:41
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 4:53v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 4:31v median −0:25
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 4:13v median −0:41
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Block 08 15:31Running 8 5:25v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
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.