The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Théo Jacques finished 794th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:09.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both. Théo Jacques's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:28v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:28v median −0:09
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Block 03 9:41Running 3 4:53v median +0:00
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Block 04 10:40Running 4 4:48v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:14v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:13v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 4:47v median −0:07
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 5:30v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.