The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vincent Van Leeuwen & Dylan Gouma finished 584th of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:43:33.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:24. A harder second half: 8:35 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:32 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
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 9:07Running 1 4:25v median +0:33
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 6:08v median +1:26
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Block 03 10:26Running 3 6:25v median +1:28
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:39v median +1:38
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 7:00v median +1:47
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 7:08v median +2:02
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 7:03v median +2:02
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Block 08 16:35Running 8 8:58v median +3:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:32
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.