The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lucas Gehlen & Hugo Trus finished 458th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:29.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:57 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 8:09Running 1 3:49v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 4:34v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 4:45v median −0:12
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 5:10v median +0:09
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:58v median +0:52
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Block 07 8:49Running 7 5:16v median +0:15
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 6:06v median +0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.