The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:10 at Mechelen 2026 put Lionel Lens & Florent Hainaut 346th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:35 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:50, behind 89% of the field.
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 8:43Running 1 4:32v median +0:43
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:21v median +0:39
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:27v median +0:27
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 5:37v median +0:35
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:02v median +0:51
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:44v median +0:38
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 5:51v median +0:48
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Block 08 11:40Running 8 6:22v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
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.