The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thijs Vermeulen finished 315th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:40.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:56 on the median. A harder second half: 2:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:07 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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. Thijs Vermeulen's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:30v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:15v median −0:16
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Block 03 8:47Running 3 4:27v median −0:20
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 4:30v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:32Running 5 4:39v median −0:20
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 4:37v median −0:14
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 4:46v median −0:03
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 5:15v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:07
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.