The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sebastien Damez finished 1,361st of 1,363 men in the Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:46:07.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 17:39. A harder second half: 29:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 18:35 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 10:02Running 1 5:01v median +1:20
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 6:33v median +1:56
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Block 03 14:51Running 3 6:59v median +2:06
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Block 04 21:55Running 4 7:07v median +2:14
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Block 05 13:43Running 5 7:39v median +2:36
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Block 06 11:57Running 6 7:40v median +2:44
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Block 07 30:50Running 7 8:13v median +3:19
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Block 08 33:01Running 8 10:09v median +4:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:35
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.