The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Markus Vrolijk finished 1,250th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:46:24.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:26. The race faded late: the second half went 5:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:19 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Mechelen ran fast: the 1,568 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:00 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:56Running 1 4:15v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 5:29v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:04v median +1:11
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Block 04 15:54Running 4 6:03v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:51v median +1:48
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 6:07v median +1:11
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Block 07 15:26Running 7 6:02v median +1:08
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Block 08 17:10Running 8 7:01v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.