The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joey Dolmans finished 895th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:39. Stronger after halfway: 1:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Maastricht 2025 were 8:19 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:20Running 1 4:39v median +0:58
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:30v median +0:53
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 5:41v median +0:48
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 5:40v median +0:47
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:52v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 5:25v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 5:20v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 6:03v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:23
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.