The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paquet Thibaut finished 819th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:52.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:58 ahead of the median. 10:40 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:28Running 1 3:19v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 4:12v median −0:25
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 5:39v median +0:46
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Block 04 12:04Running 4 5:31v median +0:38
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:44v median +0:41
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 5:50v median +0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.