The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Oudkerk Pool & Alec Oudkerk Pool finished 431st of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:16.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:52Running 1 3:51v median −0:01
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:08v median +0:26
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Block 03 8:03Running 3 5:27v median +0:30
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 5:38v median +0:37
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:53v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 6:06v median +1:00
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 5:46v median +0:45
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Block 08 10:57Running 8 6:06v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:27
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.