The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Jeffrey Niesse & Rody Jansen at Mechelen 2026: 1:01:56, 37th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 73% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:42, was faster than 94% 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 6:56Running 1 3:02v median −0:47
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Block 02 5:31Running 2 3:48v median −0:54
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Block 03 6:37Running 3 4:04v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:23Running 4 4:05v median −0:57
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Block 05 8:28Running 5 4:07v median −1:04
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 4:07v median −0:59
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Block 07 7:06Running 7 4:06v median −0:57
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Block 08 8:40Running 8 4:24v median −1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 401
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 401 men's teams who finished.