The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Sengers finished 1,341st of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:10:26.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 12:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 15:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:00 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 9:32Running 1 4:42v median +1:01
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 6:04v median +1:27
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Block 03 12:09Running 3 6:29v median +1:36
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Block 04 17:16Running 4 6:26v median +1:33
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 7:19v median +2:16
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:09v median +1:13
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Block 07 23:35Running 7 6:11v median +1:17
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Block 08 23:08Running 8 8:02v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:00
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.