The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Gaetan Ngolu & Gianluca Lo Bianco 351st of 493 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:26. A harder second half: 4:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 1:27.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:52Running 1 3:02v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:00Running 2 3:58v median −0:03
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:22v median +0:03
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Block 04 6:57Running 4 4:22v median +0:04
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:32v median +0:10
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Block 06 5:56Running 6 4:18v median −0:02
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Block 07 8:50Running 7 4:26v median +0:05
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 5:15v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.