The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Geoffrey Minne & Sven Lombaert finished 451st of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:20:51.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:52Running 1 4:09v median +0:17
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 5:06v median +0:24
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Block 03 7:47Running 3 5:35v median +0:38
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 5:55v median +0:54
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:13v median +1:00
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 6:11v median +1:05
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 6:15v median +1:14
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 6:30v median +1:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.