The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniël Renes finished 954th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:29:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:32 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:22 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 3:52v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:08v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:27v median +0:34
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 5:35v median +0:42
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Block 05 10:56Running 5 5:57v median +0:54
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:49v median +0:53
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Block 07 8:12Running 7 5:46v median +0:52
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 6:40v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:22
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.