The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeroen Thonon & Wouter Thonon finished 379th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:16:49.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 17% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:02. A harder second half: 1:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:29Running 1 4:16v median +0:24
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Block 02 6:27Running 2 4:43v median +0:01
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Block 03 8:36Running 3 4:42v median −0:15
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Block 04 7:56Running 4 4:42v median −0:19
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:15v median +0:02
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 4:58v median −0:03
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 5:30v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.