The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Michaël Scheire 734th of 747 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 7:39. The race faded late: the second half went 3:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 14:14, behind 96% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both. Michaël Scheire's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:09Running 1 5:12v median +1:31
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Block 02 9:53Running 2 6:38v median +2:03
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Block 03 15:43Running 3 7:17v median +2:25
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Block 04 18:33Running 4 7:38v median +2:46
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Block 05 12:52Running 5 7:14v median +2:12
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Block 06 10:13Running 6 6:54v median +2:00
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Block 07 19:37Running 7 7:01v median +2:09
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Block 08 20:08Running 8 8:31v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:14
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.