The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:26 at Mechelen 2026 put Floris Van der Ploeg 338th of 747 men in the Open division, ahead of 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:38 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 3:30v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:20v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 04 10:41Running 4 4:53v median +0:01
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Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:46v median −0:08
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 4:56v median +0:04
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Block 08 10:29Running 8 5:20v median −0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
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.