The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Benedict Van Laack & Niklas Schroers finished 297th of 493 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:08:38.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:46. The race faded late: the second half went 1:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 1:27 faster than the average race this season, by 308 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:45Running 1 3:14v median +0:01
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:18v median +0:17
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Block 03 8:37Running 3 5:11v median +0:52
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Block 04 7:14Running 4 4:49v median +0:31
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Block 05 8:30Running 5 4:38v median +0:16
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 4:39v median +0:19
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 4:54v median +0:33
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 4:49v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 493
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 493 men's teams who finished.