The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Renaud Dupont & Frederic Petit finished 482nd of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:15.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:19 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 8:04Running 1 4:07v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:41Running 2 5:03v median +0:21
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Block 03 8:24Running 3 5:21v median +0:24
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 6:04v median +1:03
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 7:06v median +1:53
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:35v median +1:29
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Block 07 11:30Running 7 7:19v median +2:18
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Block 08 10:32Running 8 6:25v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:44
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.