The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:29 at Mechelen 2026 put Francis Gressier 1,125th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:14. A harder second half: 5:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:30v median −0:11
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 4:47v median +0:10
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 5:22v median +0:29
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Block 04 12:20Running 4 5:06v median +0:13
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 5:29v median +0:33
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 5:16v median +0:22
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Block 08 15:56Running 8 5:46v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.