The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Julio Villalba Recuerda & José María Díaz Riofrío finished 334th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:24:02.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:54 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 8:16Running 1 4:02v median +0:13
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:13v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:40v median +0:40
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 5:45v median +0:43
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Block 05 10:34Running 5 6:01v median +0:50
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:11v median +1:05
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 6:34v median +1:31
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Block 08 10:51Running 8 7:18v median +1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.