The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:59 at Mechelen 2026 put Théo Hanon & Sacha Hauwaerts 424th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 70% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:09. The race faded late: the second half went 2:51 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 7:53Running 1 3:31v median −0:21
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:14v median −0:28
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 4:36v median −0:21
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 4:36v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 4:49v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:36v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:56Running 7 4:39v median −0:22
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 4:52v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.