The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raphael Fellemans finished 312th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:28.
A station race more than a running one: 69% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:10 on the median. A harder second half: 1:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:18Running 1 3:58v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 4:55v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 5:09v median +0:22
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:08v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:25v median +0:26
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 5:09v median +0:18
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:23v median +0:34
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 5:39v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.