The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michiel Baeten finished 392nd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:15:58, faster than 71% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:17 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:58 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:17 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:17Running 1 3:36v median −0:05
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Block 02 6:18Running 2 4:11v median −0:26
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:39v median −0:14
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 4:33v median −0:20
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:45v median −0:18
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:25v median −0:31
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:30v median −0:24
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Block 08 10:54Running 8 4:58v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.