The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Guillaume Bagouin & Romain Flahaut finished 455th of 493 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:56.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 7:57, behind 91% of the field.
Mechelen ran fast: the 308 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:27 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:08Running 1 4:07v median +0:54
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 4:52v median +0:51
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 5:19v median +1:00
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Block 04 8:57Running 4 5:14v median +0:56
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Block 05 10:04Running 5 5:15v median +0:53
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Block 06 7:22Running 6 5:10v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:24v median +1:03
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Block 08 11:16Running 8 5:49v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.