The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jean Christophe Caron & Vincent Bailleul finished 302nd of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:21:01.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 16% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:35 slower than the median.
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 8:32Running 1 4:21v median +0:32
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:27v median +0:45
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 5:42v median +0:42
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Block 04 9:12Running 4 5:48v median +0:46
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 5:51v median +0:40
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 6:01v median +0:55
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 6:20v median +1:17
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Block 08 11:02Running 8 6:47v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.