The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Timo Hersbach & Diego Dauwe finished 358th of 402 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:28:31.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:04. A harder second half: 1:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:13 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 8:56Running 1 4:25v median +0:36
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:42v median +1:00
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 6:01v median +1:01
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Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:12v median +1:10
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:21v median +1:10
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Block 06 7:47Running 6 6:15v median +1:09
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 6:21v median +1:18
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Block 08 12:04Running 8 7:41v median +2:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.