The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:50 at Mechelen 2026 put Davy Spiessens 1,058th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:42 slower than the median. A harder second half: 6:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:15Running 1 4:00v median +0:19
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Block 02 7:11Running 2 4:45v median +0:08
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Block 03 9:34Running 3 4:51v median −0:02
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Block 04 12:26Running 4 5:14v median +0:21
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Block 05 12:17Running 5 6:56v median +1:53
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Block 06 10:40Running 6 8:52v median +3:56
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Block 07 11:07Running 7 5:49v median +0:55
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Block 08 13:52Running 8 7:24v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
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.