The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vivien Gain finished 751st of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:24:21.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:22 on 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 8:30Running 1 4:07v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:02v median +0:25
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Block 03 8:13Running 3 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 5:19v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 5:12v median +0:18
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Block 08 12:11Running 8 5:32v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.