The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:54 at Mechelen 2026 put Raul Pulido & Sudeep Patnaik 252nd of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:26. The race faded late: the second half went 3:08 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 7:30Running 1 3:37v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 4:42v median +0:00
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Block 03 8:00Running 3 5:01v median +0:01
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:12v median +0:10
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Block 05 9:57Running 5 5:30v median +0:19
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:29v median +0:23
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Block 07 9:28Running 7 5:21v median +0:18
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 5:35v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:49
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.