The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:14 at Mechelen 2026 put Tijn Bierings & Gunther Vastre 157th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 61% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 40% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median.
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 8:08Running 1 3:46v median −0:03
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Block 02 6:13Running 2 4:28v median −0:14
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 4:38v median −0:22
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 4:38v median −0:24
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Block 05 9:33Running 5 4:39v median −0:32
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:38v median −0:28
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Block 07 7:40Running 7 4:34v median −0:29
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Block 08 9:55Running 8 5:11v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:07
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.