The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Pieter Baert & Emiel De Schepper at Mechelen 2026: 59:54, 49th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:50 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:00 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:29, was faster than 96% 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 6:48Running 1 3:00v median −0:49
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Block 02 5:24Running 2 4:00v median −0:42
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Block 03 6:42Running 3 4:10v median −0:52
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Block 04 6:52Running 4 4:11v median −0:52
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Block 05 8:20Running 5 4:11v median −1:01
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Block 06 5:25Running 6 4:05v median −1:02
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Block 07 7:00Running 7 4:16v median −0:49
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Block 08 8:01Running 8 4:21v median −1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:29
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 866
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 866 men's teams who finished.