The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sander Gijsen finished 304th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:55.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 33% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:25. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 6:08 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Utrecht 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:28v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 4:20v median −0:11
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Block 03 9:49Running 3 4:23v median −0:24
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 4:30v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:36Running 5 4:37v median −0:22
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 4:38v median −0:13
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 4:42v median −0:07
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 5:23v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.