The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Maxime Verhaegen finished 233rd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:11:41, faster than 83% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:56 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 6:12, ahead of 89% 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 7:36Running 1 3:08v median −0:33
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Block 02 6:47Running 2 4:00v median −0:37
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:13v median −0:40
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 4:18v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:11Running 5 4:22v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:05v median −0:51
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Block 07 7:53Running 7 4:14v median −0:40
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Block 08 10:48Running 8 4:32v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:12
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.