The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivier De Rauw finished 692nd of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:51:06.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:37 on the median. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 6:26 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:44Running 1 5:07v median +1:26
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 6:32v median +1:57
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 6:36v median +1:44
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Block 04 14:18Running 4 6:49v median +1:57
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:46v median +1:44
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 6:42v median +1:48
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Block 07 18:21Running 7 6:58v median +2:06
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Block 08 17:58Running 8 7:28v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.