The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Romain Stassin & Axel Rule finished 593rd of 593 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 2:25:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 9:14 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 18:14 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 11:25Running 1 5:48v median +1:56
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 8:03v median +3:21
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Block 03 13:55Running 3 8:29v median +3:32
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Block 04 20:11Running 4 9:35v median +4:34
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Block 05 14:50Running 5 9:25v median +4:12
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Block 06 10:53Running 6 8:16v median +3:10
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Block 07 21:12Running 7 8:26v median +3:25
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Block 08 24:42Running 8 12:45v median +7:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:14
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.