The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Kanyinda Mpiana & Jean-Yves Jap Sak Jieuw finished 323rd of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:22:33.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:40 on the median. A harder second half: 3:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 8:05Running 1 4:10v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:14v median +0:32
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 5:37v median +0:37
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:28v median +0:26
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Block 05 10:13Running 5 5:48v median +0:37
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 5:52v median +0:46
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Block 07 10:14Running 7 6:16v median +1:13
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Block 08 14:01Running 8 10:15v median +4:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.