The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Valéry Marlet finished 1,024th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:32:18.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:30 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:37.
The field ran 8:19 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Maastricht 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:59Running 1 4:21v median +0:40
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 5:30v median +0:53
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Block 03 10:33Running 3 5:31v median +0:38
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:49v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 07 11:00Running 7 5:50v median +0:56
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Block 08 12:51Running 8 6:35v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:05
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.