The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Timo Aßmann-Spannagel & Philipp Büchs finished 463rd of 493 men's teams in the Doubles Pro division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:47.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:10 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 8:00Running 1 4:06v median +0:53
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:20v median +1:19
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 6:11v median +1:52
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Block 04 8:54Running 4 6:07v median +1:49
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 6:21v median +1:59
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:56v median +1:36
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 6:29v median +2:08
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 6:58v median +2:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:10
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.