The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merlin Pierre finished 1,181st of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:40:57.
The stations carried this race: faster than 35% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:43 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Belgium 2025 were 4:27 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 8:50Running 1 4:12v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:50v median +1:13
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Block 03 10:56Running 3 6:23v median +1:30
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Block 04 13:06Running 4 6:44v median +1:51
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Block 05 11:45Running 5 6:43v median +1:40
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Block 06 8:29Running 6 6:36v median +1:40
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 6:34v median +1:40
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Block 08 17:36Running 8 8:07v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:52
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.