The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Phillip Wessels finished 536th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:47:40.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:24 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:09 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 9:02Running 1 4:27v median +0:49
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:15v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 5:25v median +0:38
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Block 04 15:13Running 4 5:45v median +0:56
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 6:32v median +1:33
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 5:51v median +1:00
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Block 07 15:04Running 7 5:41v median +0:52
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 7:33v median +2:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:09
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.