The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jochem Wolterink finished 300th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:13:36, faster than 78% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 94% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 48% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:53. The race faded late: the second half went 2:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:31Running 1 3:11v median −0:30
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 3:47v median −0:50
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:03v median −0:50
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Block 04 8:30Running 4 3:49v median −1:04
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Block 05 8:39Running 5 4:01v median −1:02
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Block 06 5:26Running 6 3:46v median −1:10
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Block 07 8:54Running 7 4:00v median −0:54
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Block 08 14:11Running 8 4:32v median −0:57
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.