The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benjamin Buelens finished 1,264th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:48:23.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:27 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Mechelen 2026 and Frankfurt 2025 were 5:10 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 4:00v median +0:19
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Block 02 9:29Running 2 5:25v median +0:48
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Block 03 11:06Running 3 5:53v median +1:00
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 6:20v median +1:27
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 6:28v median +1:25
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:19v median +1:23
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Block 07 18:34Running 7 6:09v median +1:15
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Block 08 16:03Running 8 7:08v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:40
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.