The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bink Bakker finished 191st of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:16:26, faster than 66% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:23 on the median.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 6:08 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 3:35v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 4:33v median +0:02
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Block 03 8:31Running 3 4:50v median +0:03
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Block 04 8:52Running 4 4:44v median −0:05
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Block 05 9:41Running 5 5:10v median +0:11
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 4:54v median +0:03
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Block 07 8:42Running 7 5:06v median +0:17
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 5:33v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.