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Emile Penxten

BEL M 30-34 n = 1363
Finish · net time
1:19:27
−3:06 v median 1:22:33
Course −3:00 v season average ±0:10 · 1,568 athletes
Men
544/1363
30-34
143/287
Field beaten
60%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
41%
Runs
81%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:55
v median
139/1363
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m SkiErg
+0:03
v median
791/1363
Rank

The race, in words

Emile Penxten finished 544th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:27, faster than 60% of the field.

A station race more than a running one: 81% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:55 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.

Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 8:00
    Running 1 3:31
    v median −0:10
    v median +0:03
  2. Block 02 7:05
    Running 2 4:43
    v median +0:06
    v median −0:25
  3. Block 03 9:27
    Running 3 5:18
    v median +0:25
    v median −0:16
  4. Block 04 10:36
    Running 4 5:18
    v median +0:25
    v median −0:12
  5. Block 05 10:22
    Running 5 5:39
    v median +0:36
    1000m Row 4:43
    v median −0:01
  6. Block 06 6:50
    Running 6 5:03
    v median +0:07
    v median −0:16
  7. Block 07 8:20
    Running 7 4:52
    v median −0:02
    v median −1:30
  8. Block 08 10:35
    Running 8 5:44
    v median +0:15
    Wall Balls 4:51
    v median −1:55

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 8:22

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:03
0:28 0:35
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:48
0:49 0:59
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:10
0:33 0:37
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:57
0:18 0:39
B5 · 1000m Row
0:49
0:13 0:36
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:03
0:17 0:46
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:31
0:15 1:16
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 5:00 5:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 3:06
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 4 Finish · 3:06 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Mechelen 2026

See this race on page 22
Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1440
Measured against
Men · n = 1363