The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:38 at Mechelen 2026 put Joshua Charbonnier 1,089th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:00 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 8:31Running 1 4:02v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 5:03v median +0:26
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 5:40v median +0:47
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:59v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:37v median +0:41
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 08 16:59Running 8 6:00v median +0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:00
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.