The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:32 at Mechelen 2026 put Wim Vlassenbroeck 537th of 747 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:31 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:24 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:15v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 5:07v median +0:32
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Block 03 10:55Running 3 5:21v median +0:29
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Block 04 10:29Running 4 5:11v median +0:19
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:10v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 5:24v median +0:30
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:07v median +0:15
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Block 08 18:35Running 8 5:24v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.