The race, in three figures
The race, in words
51:05 won the Relay division at Mechelen 2026 for Paul Hesselberth & Nick Van Ommen & Dario Mulder & Peter de Gruijl, first of 53 men's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:55 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:44 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:41, was faster than 96% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:19Running 1 2:33v median −0:23
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Block 02 4:57Running 2 3:08v median −0:57
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Block 03 5:38Running 3 3:06v median −1:05
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Block 04 5:47Running 4 2:57v median −0:59
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Block 05 7:13Running 5 3:16v median −0:48
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Block 06 4:20Running 6 3:04v median −1:16
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Block 07 5:03Running 7 3:05v median −1:13
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Block 08 7:14Running 8 3:27v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 52
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 52 men's teams who finished.