The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:30:40 at Mechelen 2026 put Christophe De Decker 561st of 561 men in the Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 13:57. The race faded late: the second half went 20:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:40 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:43Running 1 5:24v median +1:46
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 6:55v median +2:24
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Block 03 14:55Running 3 7:27v median +2:40
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Block 04 19:04Running 4 7:48v median +2:59
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Block 05 14:03Running 5 8:11v median +3:12
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Block 06 11:12Running 6 7:48v median +2:57
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Block 07 26:50Running 7 7:54v median +3:05
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Block 08 28:49Running 8 10:15v median +4:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:40
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.