The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ferry Van lochem finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:04:49 for 54th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:31 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:41, was faster than 96% 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 7:07Running 1 3:07v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:01Running 2 3:56v median −0:41
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Block 03 7:09Running 3 4:04v median −0:49
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 4:06v median −0:47
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:19v median −0:44
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Block 06 5:44Running 6 4:06v median −0:50
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Block 07 7:33Running 7 4:11v median −0:43
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Block 08 8:46Running 8 4:31v median −0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1354
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,354 men who finished.