The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hidde Vermeulen & Branco Leibbrand finished 565th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:37:00.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:35. The race faded late: the second half went 3:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:36 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:06Running 1 4:48v median +0:56
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:57v median +1:15
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Block 03 10:21Running 3 6:12v median +1:15
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 6:22v median +1:21
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Block 05 12:00Running 5 6:33v median +1:20
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 6:33v median +1:27
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 6:20v median +1:19
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Block 08 12:30Running 8 7:17v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:36
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.