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Michael Ripps

USA M 60-64 n = 1363
Finish · net time
2:28:05
+1:05:32 v median 1:22:33
Course −3:00 v season average ±0:10 · 1,568 athletes
Men
1356/1363
60-64
12/12
Field beaten
1%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
1%
Runs
1%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Push
+0:36
v median
1148/1363
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+13:33
v median
1355/1363
Rank

The race, in words

Michael Ripps finished 1,356th of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:28:05.

If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 13:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 16:20 in the roxzone was slower than 98% 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

  1. Block 01 11:22
    Running 1 5:03
    v median +1:22
    v median +1:53
  2. Block 02 9:17
    Running 2 5:54
    v median +1:17
    v median +0:36
  3. Block 03 17:27
    Running 3 7:07
    v median +2:14
    v median +5:55
  4. Block 04 22:03
    Running 4 8:00
    v median +3:07
    v median +8:33
  5. Block 05 14:53
    Running 5 7:43
    v median +2:40
    1000m Row 7:10
    v median +2:26
  6. Block 06 10:52
    Running 6 7:37
    v median +2:41
    v median +1:12
  7. Block 07 15:26
    Running 7 7:42
    v median +2:48
    v median +2:46
  8. Block 08 30:31
    Running 8 10:12
    v median +4:43
    Wall Balls 20:19
    v median +13:33

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 16:20

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:59
1:13 0:46
B2 · 50m Sled Push
2:50
1:15 1:35
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
2:50
1:05 1:45
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:49
0:47 1:02
B5 · 1000m Row
1:03
0:11 0:52
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
2:18
0:55 1:23
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
3:30
1:20 2:10
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

20:00 40:00 1:00:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 1:05:32
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 1:05:32 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Mechelen 2026

See this race on page 54
Source Unofficial
Event
Mechelen 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1440
Measured against
Men · n = 1363