The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:28 at Mechelen 2026 put Laurent Van Gucht 1,175th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:39Running 1 3:56v median +0:15
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 4:49v median +0:12
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 04 11:25Running 4 5:05v median +0:12
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Block 05 9:53Running 5 4:51v median −0:12
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Block 06 6:44Running 6 4:44v median −0:12
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 08 21:26Running 8 5:24v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.