The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hans Vandeven & Steve Hutsebaut finished 476th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:46.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:34 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 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 8:36Running 1 4:23v median +0:31
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 5:00v median +0:18
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 5:39v median +0:42
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Block 04 9:11Running 4 5:40v median +0:39
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:02v median +0:49
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Block 06 7:28Running 6 5:57v median +0:51
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 6:05v median +1:04
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Block 08 12:13Running 8 7:17v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
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.