The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:17:44 at Mechelen 2026 put Valère Marionnaud & Pierre Boutros 394th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:18 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:37Running 1 3:29v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:25Running 2 4:50v median +0:08
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 5:23v median +0:26
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 5:20v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:50Running 5 5:20v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:09v median +0:03
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Block 07 9:52Running 7 5:22v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:04Running 8 5:51v median +0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.