The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:31 at Mechelen 2026 put Antoine Desait & Jean-François Remy 247th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 33% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:09 better against the middle of the field 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 8:21Running 1 4:07v median +0:18
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:00v median +0:18
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Block 03 8:21Running 3 5:11v median +0:11
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Block 04 8:56Running 4 5:21v median +0:19
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 5:31v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:26v median +0:20
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 5:18v median +0:15
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Block 08 10:22Running 8 6:11v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.