The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Achraf El Haouari Marroun finished 943rd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:13.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 26% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:28. The race faded late: the second half went 5:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:57Running 1 3:20v median −0:21
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:25v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:02Running 3 5:07v median +0:14
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 4:56v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:13v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:04v median +0:08
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Block 07 10:45Running 7 5:06v median +0:12
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 5:57v median +0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.