The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicolas Cartilier finished 1,035th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:04.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:56. The race faded late: the second half went 2:25 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 8:00Running 1 3:25v median −0:16
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:39v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 5:12v median +0:19
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Block 04 13:30Running 4 5:05v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:19v median +0:16
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 5:02v median +0:06
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 4:53v median −0:01
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Block 08 18:22Running 8 5:40v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.