The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:36 at Mechelen 2026 put Gaetan Matthys 926th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:41 slower than the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:48v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:10v median +0:33
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 5:33v median +0:40
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:39v median +0:36
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:32v median +0:36
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Block 07 11:15Running 7 5:36v median +0:42
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Block 08 13:00Running 8 6:14v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.