The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Wang & Michel De Bruin finished 485th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:17.
The runs carried this race: faster than 35% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 15% on the stations. A harder second half: 1:39 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:51 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 8:31Running 1 4:22v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:33Running 2 4:55v median +0:13
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 5:22v median +0:25
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 5:25v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:33v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:03v median −0:03
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:04v median +0:03
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 6:24v median +1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:51
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.