The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:18 at Mechelen 2026 put Patrick Hellinx 1,318th of 1,363 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:51 in the roxzone was slower than 90% 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 10:52Running 1 5:22v median +1:41
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Block 02 11:02Running 2 6:25v median +1:48
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Block 03 11:55Running 3 6:06v median +1:13
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Block 04 14:09Running 4 6:24v median +1:31
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 6:31v median +1:28
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:29v median +1:33
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Block 07 14:03Running 7 6:09v median +1:15
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Block 08 24:09Running 8 7:34v median +2:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.