The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:29 at Mechelen 2026 put Raphaël Thomas 1,068th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:44. The race faded late: the second half went 5:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:27 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 8:28Running 1 3:58v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:06v median +0:29
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Block 03 10:34Running 3 5:34v median +0:41
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Block 04 10:39Running 4 5:30v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:31v median +0:28
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 6:12v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:27
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.