The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thibaut Dejong finished 476th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:37:08.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:49. A harder second half: 3:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:39 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:14v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:37v median +1:06
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 5:48v median +1:01
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 5:54v median +1:05
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 6:17v median +1:18
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:58v median +1:07
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Block 07 12:30Running 7 5:54v median +1:05
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 6:59v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.