The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Boudewijn Bus finished 560th of 561 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:22:05.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:37 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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 10:33Running 1 5:06v median +1:28
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Block 02 11:02Running 2 7:09v median +2:38
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Block 03 15:32Running 3 8:42v median +3:55
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Block 04 18:36Running 4 7:54v median +3:05
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Block 05 14:17Running 5 8:25v median +3:26
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Block 06 10:57Running 6 7:26v median +2:35
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Block 07 14:53Running 7 7:40v median +2:51
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Block 08 31:47Running 8 18:53v median +13:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:37
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.