The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nils Bruhn finished 543rd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:32:55.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:56. The race faded late: the second half went 3:59 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:11v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:20v median +0:45
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:28v median +0:36
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:25v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:36v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:33v median +0:39
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Block 07 14:16Running 7 5:23v median +0:31
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Block 08 14:10Running 8 5:32v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
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.