The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:05 at Mechelen 2026 put Björn Slachmuylders 506th of 561 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:56 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:23 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:46Running 1 6:52v median +3:14
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 5:29v median +0:58
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:35v median +0:48
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Block 04 11:46Running 4 5:40v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:06v median +1:07
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 5:51v median +1:00
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Block 07 12:48Running 7 5:59v median +1:10
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 6:56v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:23
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.