The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:54 at Mechelen 2026 put Jan Verberne 780th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:49 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:45 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:41Running 1 4:07v median +0:26
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:17v median +0:40
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:32v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:40v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 07 9:19Running 7 5:10v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 6:07v median +0:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.