The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Raf Vervink & Dietlev Maertens finished 487th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:24:00.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Mechelen gained about 1:49.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 4:07v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:30Running 2 4:57v median +0:15
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:30v median +0:33
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:32v median +0:31
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 5:42v median +0:29
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:44v median +0:38
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:34v median +0:33
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 6:16v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.