The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:41 at Mechelen 2026 put Joey Blavier & Benjamin D’Ippolito 213th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:02 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:19 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 6:53Running 1 3:04v median −0:45
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Block 02 5:40Running 2 4:14v median −0:28
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:33v median −0:27
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Block 04 6:58Running 4 4:33v median −0:29
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:57v median −0:14
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Block 06 6:23Running 6 4:36v median −0:30
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 5:22v median +0:19
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 7:13v median +1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:19
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.