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Belgium / Mechelen 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Paul Van Straten

NED M 55-59 n = 747
Finish · net time
1:39:52
+17:46 v median 1:22:06
Course −3:00 v season average ±0:10 · 1,568 athletes
Men
626/747
55-59
10/16
Field beaten
16%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
15%
Runs
21%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
+0:11
v median
494/747
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+2:31
v median
651/747
Rank

The race, in words

1:39:52 at Mechelen 2026 put Paul Van Straten 626th of 747 men in the Open division.

On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:31. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:50 better against the middle of the field than the first.

The field ran 2:24 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Amsterdam 2026, a quicker course than most.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 9:19
    Running 1 4:35
    v median +0:54
    v median +0:16
  2. Block 02 8:55
    Running 2 5:40
    v median +1:05
    v median +0:42
  3. Block 03 11:50
    Running 3 6:08
    v median +1:16
    v median +1:25
  4. Block 04 14:16
    Running 4 6:14
    v median +1:22
    v median +2:31
  5. Block 05 11:17
    Running 5 6:14
    v median +1:12
    1000m Row 5:03
    v median +0:19
  6. Block 06 8:00
    Running 6 5:43
    v median +0:49
    v median +0:11
  7. Block 07 10:57
    Running 7 5:45
    v median +0:53
    v median +0:15
  8. Block 08 15:20
    Running 8 6:10
    v median +0:47
    Wall Balls 9:10
    v median +2:23

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 10:08

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:49
1:04 0:45
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:49
1:00 0:49
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:26
0:42 0:44
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:08
0:26 0:42
B5 · 1000m Row
1:03
0:12 0:51
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:24
0:35 0:49
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:29
0:22 1:07
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 17:46
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 17:46 behind

Elsewhere

Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI143E
Measured against
Men · n = 747