The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:27 at Mechelen 2026 put Max Hofferbert 504th of 1,363 men in the Open division, ahead of 63% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 78% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:29 on the median.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. That was 6:55 off the time at Vienna 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:44Running 1 3:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 4:42v median +0:05
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Block 03 9:14Running 3 5:06v median +0:13
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Block 04 9:34Running 4 5:06v median +0:13
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 5:13v median +0:10
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 5:06v median +0:10
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Block 07 8:38Running 7 5:09v median +0:15
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Block 08 12:59Running 8 5:45v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.