The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nathanaël Storm & Sander Van Ast finished 209th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:14:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:40Running 1 3:35v median −0:14
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 4:02v median −0:40
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 4:19v median −0:41
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Block 04 7:53Running 4 4:36v median −0:26
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Block 05 9:34Running 5 4:54v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:50Running 6 4:50v median −0:16
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 5:05v median +0:02
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 5:05v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.