The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Almar Van Leeuwen & Thomas Samandi finished 480th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:07.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:43 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:01 better 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 8:25Running 1 4:25v median +0:33
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 5:34v median +0:52
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 6:14v median +1:17
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 6:10v median +1:09
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:51v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:01Running 6 6:09v median +1:03
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Block 07 9:24Running 7 5:49v median +0:48
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:44v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.