The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:00 at Mechelen 2026 put Ronald Baekelandt 1,013th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:10 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Gent 2025 were 4:31 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 8:31Running 1 4:00v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 4:48v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 5:20v median +0:27
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Block 04 11:05Running 4 5:29v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:40v median +0:44
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 5:44v median +0:50
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Block 08 13:28Running 8 6:57v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:32
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.