The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Axel Cortvriendt finished 1,048th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:33:29.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:22. The race faded late: the second half went 3:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Utrecht 2025 were 6:08 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 9:05Running 1 4:20v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:19v median +0:42
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 5:22v median +0:29
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Block 04 11:06Running 4 5:20v median +0:27
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:32v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:23v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:53Running 7 5:33v median +0:39
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 6:38v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.