The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:56 at Mechelen 2026 put Sam De Ravet 899th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 24% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:07 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 7:48Running 1 3:59v median +0:18
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:01v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 5:27v median +0:34
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Block 04 12:11Running 4 5:28v median +0:35
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:42v median +0:39
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:29v median +0:33
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 5:42v median +0:48
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 6:11v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.