The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Martijn Schaepkens finished 738th of 747 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:19:30.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:00. The race faded late: the second half went 14:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:31 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:29Running 1 4:19v median +0:38
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Block 02 9:30Running 2 5:35v median +1:00
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 6:51v median +1:59
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Block 04 21:15Running 4 7:43v median +2:51
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 8:15v median +3:13
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Block 06 11:29Running 6 8:14v median +3:20
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Block 07 21:55Running 7 7:58v median +3:06
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Block 08 25:25Running 8 11:13v median +5:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:31
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.