The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:56 at Mechelen 2026 put Éric Fortunel 1,304th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:37 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:40v median −0:01
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Block 02 12:23Running 2 9:18v median +4:41
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 5:35v median +0:42
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Block 04 13:47Running 4 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:33v median +0:30
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Block 06 9:03Running 6 5:26v median +0:30
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Block 07 12:46Running 7 5:34v median +0:40
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Block 08 25:39Running 8 6:29v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:35
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.