The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:44 at Mechelen 2026 put Marty Matthys & Thomas Aerts 378th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 56% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:33 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 1:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:51Running 1 4:38v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:15Running 2 5:33v median +0:51
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 5:33v median +0:36
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:37v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:39v median +0:26
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Block 06 7:07Running 6 5:27v median +0:21
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 5:26v median +0:25
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Block 08 9:26Running 8 5:32v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.