The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:00 at Mechelen 2026 put Christophe Van Santen & Mhammed El Gouchi 90th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 78% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 83% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 59% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:29Running 1 3:29v median −0:20
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 4:05v median −0:37
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Block 03 7:11Running 3 4:08v median −0:52
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 4:28v median −0:34
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Block 05 9:01Running 5 4:30v median −0:41
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Block 06 6:17Running 6 4:30v median −0:36
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Block 07 8:06Running 7 4:28v median −0:35
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Block 08 9:16Running 8 4:41v median −0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:53
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.