The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tim Neel finished 417th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:16:44, faster than 69% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 27% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:52 slower than the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:41, was faster than 96% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Belgium 2025 were 4:27 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:08Running 1 2:50v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:38Running 2 3:32v median −1:05
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Block 03 9:23Running 3 3:54v median −0:59
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 3:49v median −1:04
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Block 05 8:41Running 5 3:59v median −1:04
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 3:53v median −1:03
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 3:50v median −1:04
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 4:39v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
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.