The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brian Rijs finished 693rd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:49.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:49 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:09 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:03Running 1 3:32v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:39v median +0:02
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Block 03 9:48Running 3 5:16v median +0:23
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 5:05v median +0:12
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:15v median +0:12
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:00v median +0:04
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Block 07 8:58Running 7 4:44v median −0:10
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 5:31v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.