The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Houssam Lakouar finished 1,132nd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:37:46.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Gent 2025 were 4:31 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:27Running 1 3:55v median +0:14
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 4:49v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 4:58v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:35v median +0:32
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:24v median +0:28
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Block 07 17:20Running 7 5:53v median +0:59
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 6:29v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.