The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eron De Bels finished 365th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:42.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:06. The race faded late: the second half went 3:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Rotterdam 2024 were 7:57 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 3:29v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:10Running 2 4:35v median +0:04
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 5:10v median +0:23
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 5:04v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:24v median +0:25
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:23v median +0:32
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Block 07 11:35Running 7 5:30v median +0:41
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 5:56v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.