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Belgium / Mechelen 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Patrick Van Ael

BEL M 45-49 n = 1363
Finish · net time
1:21:23
−1:10 v median 1:22:33
Course −3:00 v season average ±0:10 · 1,568 athletes
Men
637/1363
45-49
31/92
Field beaten
53%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
41%
Runs
64%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−1:26
v median
250/1363
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
+0:32
v median
1127/1363
Rank

The race, in words

Patrick Van Ael finished 637th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:23, faster than 53% of the field.

A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:26 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:20 better against the middle of the field than the first.

The field ran 4:31 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Gent 2025, a quicker course than most.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 7:52
    Running 1 3:40
    v median −0:01
    1000m SkiErg 4:12
    v median −0:14
  2. Block 02 8:12
    Running 2 4:53
    v median +0:16
    50m Sled Push 3:19
    v median +0:32
  3. Block 03 9:20
    Running 3 5:06
    v median +0:13
    50m Sled Pull 4:14
    v median −0:11
  4. Block 04 10:32
    Running 4 5:05
    v median +0:12
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 5:27
    v median −0:03
  5. Block 05 9:51
    Running 5 5:11
    v median +0:08
    1000m Row 4:40
    v median −0:04
  6. Block 06 6:51
    Running 6 5:00
    v median +0:04
    200m Farmers Carry 1:51
    v median −0:12
  7. Block 07 10:00
    Running 7 5:12
    v median +0:18
    100m Sandbag Lunges 4:48
    v median −0:10
  8. Block 08 11:19
    Running 8 5:59
    v median +0:30
    Wall Balls 5:20
    v median −1:26

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 7:34

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:35
0:59 0:36
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:32
0:57 0:35
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:55
0:33 0:22
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:36
0:18 0:18
B5 · 1000m Row
0:51
0:11 0:40
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:03
0:21 0:42
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:03
0:18 0:45
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 1:10
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 4 Finish · 1:10 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Mechelen 2026

See this race on page 26
Other races by Patrick Van Ael
Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1440
Measured against
Men · n = 1363