The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Donnelly & David Mclean finished 380th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:16:52.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:02. The race faded late: the second half went 2:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:00Running 1 3:44v median −0:08
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:32v median −0:10
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Block 03 8:11Running 3 4:49v median −0:08
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 4:50v median −0:11
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:28v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:19v median +0:13
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Block 07 9:45Running 7 5:11v median +0:10
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Block 08 10:47Running 8 5:47v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.