The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivier Kleynjans finished 481st of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:31.
The stations carried this race: faster than 68% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:18 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 3:41v median +0:00
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:39v median +0:04
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:48v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 4:53v median +0:01
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Block 05 10:14Running 5 5:24v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:01v median +0:07
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Block 07 9:08Running 7 4:59v median +0:07
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Block 08 17:43Running 8 12:14v median +6:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.