The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Gijs Abbas at Mechelen 2026: 1:05:40, 63rd of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:08 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:49 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:09, ahead of 90% 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 7:15Running 1 3:08v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 3:55v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 4:02v median −0:51
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Block 04 7:52Running 4 4:05v median −0:48
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Block 05 8:36Running 5 4:21v median −0:42
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 4:13v median −0:43
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Block 07 7:25Running 7 4:05v median −0:49
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Block 08 9:12Running 8 4:34v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:09
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.