The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:00 at Mechelen 2026 put Kaija Tromp 527th of 747 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:36.
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 8:43Running 1 4:10v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 5:23v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 5:34v median +0:42
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 5:28v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:49v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:44Running 6 5:23v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:30v median +0:38
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 7:11v median +1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:38
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.