The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Evgeny Genov finished 577th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:35:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:08. The race faded late: the second half went 4:02 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 8:19Running 1 3:33v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:35Running 2 4:25v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 5:10v median +0:18
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Block 04 13:54Running 4 5:15v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 5:49v median +0:47
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 5:06v median +0:12
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 4:58v median +0:06
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Block 08 14:58Running 8 6:18v median +0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.