The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:27 at Mechelen 2026 put Aimé M’Rad 1,279th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:06. A harder second half: 3:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:00, behind 90% of the field.
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 8:53Running 1 4:02v median +0:21
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 5:08v median +0:31
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 8:05v median +3:12
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:26v median +0:23
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 5:40v median +0:44
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Block 07 13:50Running 7 5:46v median +0:52
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Block 08 19:18Running 8 10:16v median +4:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:00
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.