The race, in three figures
Field beaten
25%
Runs
11%
Stations
Biggest gain
1000m Row
−0:06
v median
518/1363
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+3:31
v median
1312/1363
Rank
The race, in words
Nicky Aerts finished 1,133rd of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:37:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:31.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 3:00.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 4:12v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:04v median +0:27
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 5:36v median +0:43
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Block 04 12:19Running 4 5:31v median +0:38
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Block 05 9:59Running 5 5:21v median +0:18
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:28v median +0:32
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Block 07 13:48Running 7 5:19v median +0:25
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Block 08 15:41Running 8 6:22v median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:20
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:46
1:02
0:44
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:41
0:57
0:44
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:05
0:38
0:27
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:41
0:17
0:24
B5 · 1000m Row
0:49
0:08
0:41
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:02
0:19
0:43
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:17
0:18
0:59
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 15:15 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1440
Measured against
Men · n = 1363