The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wilfred Torcque finished 881st of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:28.
The stations carried this race: faster than 53% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 1:05 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Belgium 2025 were 4:27 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:06Running 1 3:52v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:58v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:53v median +1:00
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Block 04 10:56Running 4 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:26v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:52Running 6 5:11v median +0:15
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:29v median +0:35
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Block 08 13:42Running 8 6:34v median +1:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.