The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alexander Huber finished 909th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:28:09.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 3:48v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 4:41v median +0:04
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 4:57v median +0:04
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:57v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:54Running 5 5:06v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:04v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:10Running 7 4:59v median +0:05
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Block 08 16:03Running 8 5:46v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.