The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Stijn Bruyndonckx finished 557th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:45, faster than 59% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:30 ahead of the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:27.
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 8:10Running 1 3:39v median −0:02
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:27v median −0:10
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 4:36v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:18Running 4 4:34v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:27Running 5 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 4:37v median −0:19
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Block 07 9:05Running 7 4:37v median −0:17
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Block 08 13:20Running 8 5:07v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.