The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gaetan Duquesnoy finished 1,005th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:38.
The runs carried this race: faster than 44% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:09 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 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 8:42Running 1 3:43v median +0:02
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 4:28v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:14Running 3 5:16v median +0:23
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 4:52v median −0:01
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:15v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:09v median +0:13
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 5:00v median +0:06
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Block 08 13:09Running 8 5:56v median +0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.