The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Danny Maas finished 431st of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:24:20.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:58 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:17Running 1 3:36v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 4:30v median −0:05
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:00v median +0:08
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 4:59v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:14v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 5:41v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:05
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.