The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:30 at Mechelen 2026 put Michiel Hogenboom 807th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 7:58Running 1 3:42v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 4:59v median +0:22
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:10v median +0:17
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:26v median +0:33
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:40v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:44v median +0:48
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 5:40v median +0:46
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Block 08 13:56Running 8 6:28v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.