The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lorenzo Beatrice finished 869th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:06.
The stations carried this race: faster than 50% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:53 worse 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 8:22Running 1 3:59v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 4:56v median +0:19
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 5:22v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 5:36v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:28v median +0:32
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 5:16v median +0:22
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 6:07v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.