The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:43 at Mechelen 2026 put Dieter Steeman 1,151st of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:58Running 1 3:36v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 4:32v median −0:05
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:22v median +0:29
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Block 04 13:41Running 4 5:51v median +0:58
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:34v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:17Running 6 5:43v median +0:47
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Block 07 14:15Running 7 5:17v median +0:23
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Block 08 16:02Running 8 6:25v median +0:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:55
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.