The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robbie Borremans finished 592nd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:27, faster than 57% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 72% of the field beaten on the stations, against 38% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:57 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:20 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 3:00 faster than the average race this season, by 1,568 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 3:49v median +0:08
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 4:54v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:16v median +0:13
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Block 06 7:02Running 6 5:12v median +0:16
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Block 07 9:26Running 7 5:04v median +0:10
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 5:55v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.