The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bryan Jongeneel finished 420th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:46.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:37 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:00 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:50 better 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 8:21Running 1 3:50v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 4:41v median +0:06
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 4:52v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 4:57v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:02Running 5 5:23v median +0:21
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 4:59v median +0:07
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 5:38v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.