The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:49 at Mechelen 2026 put Mikhaïl De Hemptinne 773rd of 1,363 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:33 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:12 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 8:35Running 1 4:04v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 5:06v median +0:29
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Block 03 9:40Running 3 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 04 11:29Running 4 5:30v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:32v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:16v median +0:20
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Block 07 10:01Running 7 5:10v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:01Running 8 5:48v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.