The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Alderlieste finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:05:17 for 52nd of 747 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:45 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:27 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:50, was faster than 93% of the field.
The field ran 2:24 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Amsterdam 2026, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:04Running 1 3:01v median −0:40
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 3:47v median −0:48
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Block 03 7:13Running 3 3:57v median −0:55
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Block 04 8:28Running 4 3:58v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:15v median −0:47
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 4:07v median −0:47
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:02v median −0:50
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Block 08 9:28Running 8 4:26v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 743
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 743 men who finished.