The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bas Heeren & Stefan Van Velthoven finished 341st of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:25:37.
A station race more than a running one: 43% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:36 on the median. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:15.
Mechelen ran fast: the 987 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:49 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:20Running 1 4:29v median +0:40
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 5:22v median +0:40
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Block 03 8:10Running 3 5:40v median +0:40
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 7:11v median +2:09
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:46v median +1:35
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:16v median +1:10
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 6:22v median +1:19
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Block 08 11:00Running 8 7:02v median +1:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:16
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.