The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mick van Gool & Niek Smulders at Mechelen 2026: 1:02:10, 39th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:32 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:50, was faster 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 7:03Running 1 3:10v median −0:39
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Block 02 5:22Running 2 3:54v median −0:48
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Block 03 6:38Running 3 4:04v median −0:56
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Block 04 7:03Running 4 3:57v median −1:05
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Block 05 8:50Running 5 4:10v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:35Running 6 4:02v median −1:04
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 4:04v median −0:59
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Block 08 8:42Running 8 4:34v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.