The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luca Bianchi & Alexandre Saillen finished 456th of 493 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:08.
The stations carried this race: faster than 26% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:16 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:39 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 7:58Running 1 4:07v median +0:54
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Block 02 7:45Running 2 5:20v median +1:19
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 5:36v median +1:17
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Block 04 8:31Running 4 5:47v median +1:29
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Block 05 10:26Running 5 5:58v median +1:36
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 6:02v median +1:42
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Block 07 10:57Running 7 6:07v median +1:46
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Block 08 10:30Running 8 6:32v median +1:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:25
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.