The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sammy Tordoir finished 1,085th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:35:19.
The stations carried this race: faster than 40% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:10 on the median. 12:19 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 9:23Running 1 4:46v median +1:05
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:38v median +1:01
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 5:53v median +1:00
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Block 04 13:10Running 4 5:52v median +0:59
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 5:44v median +0:41
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 5:31v median +0:35
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Block 07 8:26Running 7 5:38v median +0:44
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Block 08 13:21Running 8 6:08v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:19
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.