The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tijs De Vogelaere finished 710th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:19.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:14 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:12 better 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. Tijs De Vogelaere's fastest of 3 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:36Running 1 4:02v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 5:02v median +0:25
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 5:23v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:11Running 5 5:27v median +0:24
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Block 06 7:38Running 6 5:17v median +0:21
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 5:17v median +0:23
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Block 08 11:45Running 8 5:36v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.