The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Sturkenboom finished 534th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:46:54.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:50. The race faded late: the second half went 1:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:41 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 10:12Running 1 5:11v median +1:33
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Block 02 9:57Running 2 6:38v median +2:07
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Block 03 11:19Running 3 6:42v median +1:55
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Block 04 14:00Running 4 6:36v median +1:47
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:33v median +1:34
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 6:36v median +1:45
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 6:37v median +1:48
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Block 08 16:50Running 8 7:27v median +2:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:41
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.