The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Azzini finished 1,015th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:32:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:44. The race faded late: the second half went 9:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:28v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:24v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 4:47v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:08v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:01v median +0:05
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 5:13v median +0:19
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 6:02v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.