The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:17 at Mechelen 2026 put Ruben Vrieling 1,064th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 37% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:30. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:30 better 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 9:33Running 1 4:44v median +1:03
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Block 02 9:01Running 2 5:50v median +1:13
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 6:08v median +1:15
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Block 04 11:49Running 4 5:54v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 5:59v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 5:58v median +1:02
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Block 07 11:48Running 7 5:20v median +0:26
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 6:22v median +0:53
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.