The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louis Couve-bonnaire & Vincent Balandraux finished in the top 10% of the field at Mechelen 2026, in 1:00:30 for 51st of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:07 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:12 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 6:00, was faster than 85% of the field.
Mechelen gave the field time back: about 1:49 faster than the average race this season, by 987 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:51Running 1 3:22v median −0:30
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Block 02 5:41Running 2 4:06v median −0:36
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Block 03 6:34Running 3 4:08v median −0:49
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Block 04 6:27Running 4 4:11v median −0:50
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 4:22v median −0:51
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Block 06 5:51Running 6 4:22v median −0:44
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Block 07 6:39Running 7 4:14v median −0:47
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Block 08 8:19Running 8 4:36v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.