The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Guillaume Eloy & Benjamin Leroux finished 286th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:19:19.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 5:25 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 10:01 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:44Running 1 3:38v median −0:11
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Block 02 11:33Running 2 4:27v median −0:15
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Block 03 12:14Running 3 4:30v median −0:30
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Block 04 7:50Running 4 4:30v median −0:32
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Block 05 9:03Running 5 4:34v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:18Running 6 4:38v median −0:28
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Block 07 8:52Running 7 4:40v median −0:23
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Block 08 9:27Running 8 5:04v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.