The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Yury Zhupanskiy finished 993rd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:31:19.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:29 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:00 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 8:19 faster at Mechelen 2026 than at Maastricht 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:14v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:33v median +0:56
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 6:02v median +1:09
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 5:58v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 6:18v median +1:15
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 5:48v median +0:52
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Block 07 11:25Running 7 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 08 13:06Running 8 6:05v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.