The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gioacchino Galione & Jean Cerny finished 330th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:23:18.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:32. The race faded late: the second half went 1:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:42Running 1 4:18v median +0:29
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:17v median +0:35
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Block 03 8:56Running 3 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 04 9:44Running 4 5:32v median +0:30
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:42v median +0:31
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 5:30v median +0:24
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 5:33v median +0:30
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Block 08 11:34Running 8 6:24v median +1:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:11
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.