The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Van Den Broek & Roos Van Vliet finished the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026 in 1:28:10.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:43 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:03Running 1 4:42No fieldv median +0:28
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 5:52No fieldv median +0:41
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:49No fieldv median +0:23
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:58No fieldv median +0:29
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:05No fieldv median +0:28
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:04No fieldv median +0:30
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 6:00No fieldv median +0:29
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:49No fieldv median +0:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:46
Against the middle of your field
Field · n = 966
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 966 teams who finished.
Elsewhere
Source Official
Gender cohort below the storage threshold · widened to the whole field