The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:06 at Mechelen 2026 put Didier Rary 1,211th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 56% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:15. The race faded late: the second half went 4:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 4:31 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Gent 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 3:48v median +0:07
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 4:28v median −0:09
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 4:30v median −0:23
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 4:33v median −0:30
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:33v median −0:23
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 4:48v median −0:06
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Block 08 19:32Running 8 6:31v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:10
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.