The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pascal de Wachter finished 556th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:59:08.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 12:35, behind 96% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Amsterdam 2026 were 2:24 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:36Running 1 4:51v median +1:13
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 6:27v median +1:56
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Block 03 13:09Running 3 6:48v median +2:01
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Block 04 15:39Running 4 7:19v median +2:30
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Block 05 13:03Running 5 7:48v median +2:49
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Block 06 11:26Running 6 7:15v median +2:24
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Block 07 15:21Running 7 7:22v median +2:33
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Block 08 19:01Running 8 10:22v median +4:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:35
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.