The race, in three figures
The race, in words
ruben rijlaarsdam finished 375th of 457 men in the Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:09. The roxzone cost time: 8:43, behind 87% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 6:54 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 8:17Running 1 3:55v median +0:42
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:46v median +0:45
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:07v median +0:51
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 5:29v median +1:10
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:34v median +1:11
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:04v median +0:45
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 5:06v median +0:44
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Block 08 12:15Running 8 5:46v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 455
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 455 men who finished.