The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rob Coutuer finished 708th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:16.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:14 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:58 behind the median.
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 8:38Running 1 4:05v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:10v median +0:33
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Block 03 9:04Running 3 5:19v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:11v median +0:18
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:17v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:15v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:43Running 7 4:59v median +0:05
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 5:39v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.