The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sem Cox finished 173rd of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:27, faster than 69% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 55% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:55 on the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. Sem Cox's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 3:52v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 4:27v median −0:04
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:34v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 4:46v median −0:03
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Block 05 9:21Running 5 4:47v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 4:44v median −0:07
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 4:48v median −0:01
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Block 08 11:14Running 8 5:18v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 556
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 556 men who finished.