The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Romain Salomé finished 864th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 63% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 4:31 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:57 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:57Running 1 3:27v median −0:14
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 3:57v median −0:40
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Block 03 8:57Running 3 4:37v median −0:16
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 4:45v median −0:08
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:58v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 4:55v median −0:01
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 4:47v median −0:07
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Block 08 13:22Running 8 5:11v median −0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
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.