The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luc Schoutrop & Joost Van Dun finished 238th of 867 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Mechelen 2026, in 1:08:10, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 52% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:35 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:10 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 7:44Running 1 3:36v median −0:13
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Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:06v median −0:36
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Block 03 7:30Running 3 4:20v median −0:42
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Block 04 7:08Running 4 4:24v median −0:39
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:37v median −0:35
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Block 06 5:59Running 6 4:25v median −0:42
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Block 07 8:32Running 7 4:34v median −0:31
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 5:04v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.