The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:33 at Mechelen 2026 put Joé Meyers 588th of 747 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 13% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:19 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:37 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 8:38Running 1 4:10v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:23v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:05Running 3 5:32v median +0:40
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 5:37v median +0:45
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:55v median +0:53
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 5:52v median +0:58
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Block 07 11:41Running 7 5:41v median +0:49
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Block 08 18:02Running 8 8:56v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.