The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patrick Darimont & Julien Larbuisson finished 512th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:27:04.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:57. The race faded late: the second half went 1:16 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:25 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 4:28v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:09v median +0:27
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 5:29v median +0:32
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 5:37v median +0:36
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Block 05 10:24Running 5 5:47v median +0:34
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 5:36v median +0:30
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Block 07 11:51Running 7 5:22v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 6:59v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:25
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.