The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:20 at Mechelen 2026 put Dries Smagghe 967th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 55% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:03 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:38Running 1 4:10v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:27v median +0:50
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 5:38v median +0:45
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Block 04 10:13Running 4 5:46v median +0:53
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Block 05 10:38Running 5 5:54v median +0:51
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 5:45v median +0:49
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:42v median +0:48
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Block 08 13:12Running 8 6:37v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.