The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sébastien Goudal finished 870th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:07.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:11 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:28 better against the middle of the field 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. Sébastien Goudal's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:19v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 5:24v median +0:47
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:35v median +0:42
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 5:36v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:44v median +0:41
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:35v median +0:39
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 5:15v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 6:03v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.