The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:10 at Mechelen 2026 put Michael Van Ostheim 468th of 561 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 49% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:03. A harder second half: 5:43 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 7:50Running 1 3:28v median −0:10
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 4:38v median +0:07
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 4:37v median −0:10
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 4:37v median −0:12
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Block 05 9:51Running 5 4:41v median −0:18
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 4:46v median −0:05
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 5:06v median +0:17
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Block 08 15:20Running 8 6:15v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:45
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.