The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:52 at Mechelen 2026 put Liam Crom 1,077th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 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 8:32Running 1 3:55v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:07v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:42v median +0:49
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Block 04 11:43Running 4 5:37v median +0:44
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:22v median +0:19
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 5:26v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 6:35v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.