The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mathieu Quesnoy & Valentin Maes-Desagher finished 348th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:26:36.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:03 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:00 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 8:14Running 1 4:17v median +0:28
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:45v median +1:03
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Block 03 9:27Running 3 6:07v median +1:07
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Block 04 10:10Running 4 6:22v median +1:20
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 6:26v median +1:15
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:13v median +1:07
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Block 07 11:08Running 7 6:29v median +1:26
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 6:55v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.