The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:38:51 at Mechelen 2026 put Ward Baccaert 1,153rd of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:30 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
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 8:58Running 1 4:10v median +0:29
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:13v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 5:35v median +0:42
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 5:40v median +0:47
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Block 05 12:27Running 5 6:24v median +1:21
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:38v median +0:42
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 5:16v median +0:22
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Block 08 15:53Running 8 7:00v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:30
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.