The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Roeland Kieboom at Mechelen 2026: 1:05:41, 64th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:09, ahead of 99% 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 7:04Running 1 2:59v median −0:42
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 3:35v median −1:02
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Block 03 7:14Running 3 3:44v median −1:09
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Block 04 7:27Running 4 3:44v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 3:50v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:21Running 6 3:46v median −1:10
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Block 07 7:42Running 7 3:47v median −1:07
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Block 08 11:56Running 8 6:40v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
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.