The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:01 at Mechelen 2026 put Tommy Claerhout 499th of 747 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 worse 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. Tommy Claerhout's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:24Running 1 3:37v median −0:04
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 4:50v median +0:15
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 5:17v median +0:25
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 5:19v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:42v median +0:40
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:52v median −0:02
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 5:01v median +0:09
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Block 08 14:09Running 8 5:56v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.