The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:46 at Mechelen 2026 put Peter Sonck 1,094th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 14:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 15:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Peter Sonck.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:37Running 1 4:10v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 4:53v median +0:16
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 4:55v median +0:02
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 4:59v median +0:06
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 5:02v median −0:01
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 4:59v median +0:03
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 5:08v median +0:14
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Block 08 27:08Running 8 5:40v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.