The race, in three figures
Field beaten
48%
Runs
30%
Stations
Biggest gain
80m Burpee Broad Jump
−0:17
v median
581/1363
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+2:16
v median
1093/1363
Rank
The race, in words
Rick Pijls finished 845th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:27.
The wall balls cost the most time: 2:16 slower than the median.
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 8:21Running 1 3:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 4:34v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:15v median +0:22
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Block 04 10:09Running 4 4:56v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:12v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 4:52v median −0:04
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 5:00v median +0:06
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Block 08 14:31Running 8 5:29v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:26
0:52
0:34
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:40
0:49
0:51
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:58
0:33
0:25
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:39
0:18
0:21
B5 · 1000m Row
0:50
0:19
0:31
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:58
0:17
0:41
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:04
0:14
0:50
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 1
Finish · 3:54 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1440
Measured against
Men · n = 1363