The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Costantino Valente & Lorenzo Grillo finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 55:27 for 3rd of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:55 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:53 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:53, ahead of 99% of the field.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:26Running 1 2:56v median −0:56
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Block 02 4:56Running 2 3:31v median −1:11
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Block 03 6:12Running 3 3:35v median −1:22
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Block 04 6:24Running 4 3:34v median −1:27
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Block 05 7:31Running 5 3:40v median −1:33
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Block 06 5:18Running 6 3:38v median −1:28
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Block 07 6:20Running 7 3:43v median −1:18
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Block 08 7:35Running 8 3:54v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:53
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 591
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 591 men's teams who finished.